Accurate Inaccuracies
Accurate Inaccuracies
Even more than outright fabrications, I think I dislike the use of technically accurate information used incorrectly. To use an innocuous, inconsequential example, I'd cite the headline I read yesterday, "Dear John beats Avatar in box office." Now, of course what they're really saying is that megablockbuster Avatar finally slipped down to #2 after a record breaking stay at the #1 position. But the implied falsehood is that fire-and-forget teen romance movie Dear John best...
Even more than outright fabrications, I think I dislike the use of technically accurate information used incorrectly. To use an innocuous, inconsequential example, I'd cite the headline I read yesterday, "Dear John beats Avatar in box office." Now, of course what they're really saying is that megablockbuster Avatar finally slipped down to #2 after a record breaking stay at the #1 position. But the implied falsehood is that fire-and-forget teen romance movie Dear John best...
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