Two recent news media fumbles illustrate nicely the present divide between mainstream journalism’s ambitions and its chronically blundering execution.
There is a reason that Americans don't trust the media.
The first came from Time Magazine, which published a cover story examining President Donald Trump’s controversial border separation policy. The photo-shopped cover of that issue the obvious implication that the immigrant girl had been torn from her parents at the behest of Trump’s policy. Indeed, the story itself initially stated that the girl had been “carried away screaming by U.S. Border Patrol agents.”
But she wasn’t. It didn’t happen. The story itself, turned out to be FALSE.
The girl’s father confirmed that she was never taken from her mother. Time eventually corrected the story.
Time Magazine inflamed the passion of many, angered many by providing the false story against the President. This is why some countries prosecute those who make it up, inflame the public and may create violence as a result.
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