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Thursday, November 18, 2010

Anatomy of media deceit:

Anatomy of media deceit: "In think pieces — now often called “news analysis” — six or eight experts are consulted on a subject.  Quotes from these experts are then ordered somehow mysteriously to endorse the author’s point in the last paragraph. (Similar techniques are used for populist “man-on-the-street” stories.)" http://bit.ly/aUya1m

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