5 examples of misleading statements in the media | The Knife Media

The media of all stripes and colors on either end of the ideological spectrum have absolutely no credibility in the minds of many people who have to listen to talking heads expound on how horrible this or that is and who impart a negative or positive spin to every event or statement made. Opinion and bias and prejudice have firmly embedded themselves in every facet of public communications today from allegedly legitimate media to the good old-fashioned internet/social media types. Fake news is today's news that's all there is.

What a sad state when our media misleads us constantly. What became of the kind of journalism I was taught in school long ago???

As soon as media found it more profitable to drive traffic with click bait type headlines, they gave up all pretenses at real journalism. Their bottom line is to drive more traffic to make more ad money, not report facts...