The Wall Street Journal and other media outlets are facing widespread criticism after spreading the false claim that the shooter of Charlie Kirk expressed “transgender ideology,” stirring a hateful right-wing backlash against trans people.
The Wall Street Journal and other media outlets are facing widespread criticism after spreading the false claim that the shooter of Charlie Kirk expressed “transgender ideology,” stirring a hateful right-wing backlash against trans people.
Let me fix that for you:
You could publish two contradictory statements at the same time, and they would cherry-pick the one they agree with while dismissing the one they don’t as fake or liberal propaganda.
It’s called confirmation bias and is sadly super-charged by social media engagement algorithms.