The headlines said it all … about ABC News, not about what happened.
Yesterday, an internationally syndicated report by Steven R. Hurst titled “Rockets Hit Lebanon Despite Cease-fire” devoted its first paragraph to describing tens of thousands of Lebanese navigating their way back home amid rubble and roadblocks, the aftermath of Israeli military attacks. In the second paragraph, ABC explained its incriminating headline: The rockets hitting Lebanon were launched by Hezbollah, not Israel (as the headline implied). Need I say more, or has ABC revealed enough about itself and its inclinations?
Since first appearing, that report has been published on many Internet news sites, often without the after-thought of a gray, half-tone subhead appearing below the dominant ABC headline in bold black type. Perhaps the media are banking on lies to fire up their readership. The more blatant the distortion, the more people are apt to read the piece. If so, I’ll admit: I fell for their twisted ploy.
March 28, 2009 at 3:14 am |
Awesome!
