Monday, February 17, 2014

The College-is-best Theme and Other Media Errors



The media always repeats uninformed college-is-best themes without further thought. Facts will correct the error over time.

Other examples of media error: Much raw or “seasonally adjusted” governmental statistical releases are manipulative and poorly explained.

Nevertheless, blaring headlines repeat erroneous raw data; editors no doubt know full well the information is tainted. What’s the purpose, except for news slant?  (See the Earl J. Weinreb NewsHole® comments and @BusinessNewshole at Twitter.)

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