Fake News Strikes Again
I come across headlines like this quite often on my Xfinity Homepage. I’m not sure who writes them, whether it is someone at the Comcast corporation who writes content for the homepage, or NBC news itself. As far as I’m concerned, it really doesn’t matter, both are guilty of blatantly attempting to mislead the public. We have gotten so used to “bite size” information from Twitter, Facebook, chats, texts, etc, that few people bother to read a whole story anymore. They look at the headlines and form an opinion, a platform, or a dogma, from them. If you just went by the headline in this story, you would be under the impression that the Ukraine is losing its best and brightest because it has embraced a Western Style culture. If you actually read the story, you would learn that Ukrainian professionals are leaving because the ongoing war has left them and their families with little opportunity. If you have followed the war in the Ukraine you would know that this is because of the unfair treatment from Russia, more than influence from the West. It is obvious the use of inflammatory headlines has become more about influence and shaping the culture, than encouraging readers to dig deeper into the story. Shame on Comcast, shame on NBC, shame on any media outlet, Right or Left, that uses misleading headlines. No wonder we no longer trust you.
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