How “anchoring” influences your interpretation of propaganda messaging
A combination of anchoring, false assertion and a logical fallacy turn a newspaper opinion column into powerful propaganda messaging.
Wonderful of example of “anchoring” technique in a news column #fakenews
Anchoring is the method of implanting a suggested value in the reader or viewer’s mind. Can you spot the “anchor” in this passage? Why immigration? It’s not the central concern of most voters. A Gallup survey in May found that 10 percent of Americans listed it as the most important problem facing the country. Source: E.J. Dionne: Call out the lies and the hatred | OregonLive.com When I read that, and likely when you read that, you internalized that as…
Climate: “heatwaves” are now named?
“Heat waves” are now being named, just as hurricanes are named. Or in the U.S., the Weather Channel began naming winter storms too. It is all rather silly.
Sad story, sad reporting
The story lead attempts to link his death from Covid to schools being open. In fact, schools were closed when he contracted Covid-19 rendering this juxtaposition of phrases as 100% pure propaganda messaging.
Journalism: “1 in 4 Americans defaulted on their student loans” is misleading
The claim that “1 in 4 Americans defaulted on their student loans” is a misleading headline from CBS News. The actual number is less than 1 in 20 Americans defaulted – and this was narrowly during the period of The Great Recession, the worst economic collapse since The Great Depression. They have worded the headline to use the method of “anchoring” – when we see this, we immediately think “1 in 4 Americans” have defaulted, which is not true. This appears to be propaganda in support of wiping out student debts.