The gang discusses actual media literacy - how to extract truth from media reports by cataloging and discussing the common methods they use to lie while making (usually) true statements.
References for the discussion
Joe Biden claims “A black guy invented the light bulb”
Michael Kinsley crafts the most boring headline in all of news:
In 1986, he organized a contest for readers of The New Republic to find a newspaper headline more boring than "Worthwhile Canadian Initiative".[8] The contest was won by "Debate goes on over the nature of reality", and "Worthwhile Canadian Initiative" became a long-running joke among journalists and bloggers.
Violent crime clearance rate before and after the Warren Court
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