16 Times The Media Used Facts To Spread Lies

It’s not the outright lies that get you. It’s the true stuff, taken out of context.
16 Times The Media Used Facts To Spread Lies

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You're probably aware of the epidemic of fake news consuming our media. But there's something more insidious going on, where outlets will take a fact that is true, but present it in a context that spreads false information. And there's an absolute pandemic of media outlets doing just that.

These examples are just from the past six months.

A number of news outlets reported that the Tide Pod Challenge was putting teens in danger. GRAGh GMA COVER STORY NEW ALERT ABOUT DANGEROUS ONLINE TR
CRACKED.COM Kids aren't snorting condoms Its just conservative media rehashing a 2013 story about a few YouTubers doing the challenge in order to di
California passes a bill that would effectively ban the sale of the Holy Bible noly Bible SORED This news story that was repeated by conservative me
Some news outlets claimed that President' Trump exempted Ivanka Trump's clothing brand from import tariffs. IVANKA TRUMP Although the claim is technic
Right-wing media such as Gateway Pundit and Infowars blamed Antifa for the Amtrak derailment by linking it to a claim by Antifa that they poured concr
CNN Claims EVERY TOP NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER THIS YEAR HAS BEEN ABOUT TRUMP. MICHAEL DAVID ISIKOF CORN DEAR IRF A AND RELIABLE 8 DYAMER PYALTY FUR
recently ran a story that nearly a dozen Republican FOX Congress members had called NEWS for a criminal probe into Hillary Clinton and a number of o
(GRANEDONT There have been a lot of ads stating that you should drink millk because 9 out of 10 Olympans grew up drinking milk... 9 of 10 out UNITED
(GRAGKEDON Infowars and Rebel Media mocked Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for asking a woman to say peoplekind instead of mankind because
Yahoo News claimed that Pope Francis wants Catholic priests to be given the right to marry. Pope Francis never actually made such a statement. He did,
Conservative sites claimed that Emma Gonzalez, Parkland shooting survivor, had admitted to bullying the shooter prior to the shooting, quoting this fr
Pro-Trump media are using oprah's friendship with Harvey Weinstein as proof that she's not a good person. They neglect to mention that Donald Trump ad
The New York Post and other sites have run headlines saying the World Health Organization declared that medical marijuana 'has no health risks. The
The Facebook page Of News World shared footage claiming it was Of Muslim immigrants attacking the Basilica Of Saint- Denis in France during a mass. Sa
Several left leaning websites claimed that POTUS skipped the funeral of former first lady Barbara Bush because the Bush family hates him (and So he co
In March, Fox News reported that the construction of the Southern border wall began, citing photos President Trump tweeted as proof. Donald J. Trump @
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