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Originally Posted by Carth
Here's an example of the Media scaremongering/clickbait:
Covid: First people in UK hospitals with Omicron variant
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59627188
Great headline isn't it, rather eye catching if I may say so.
However, once on the page itself, the only mention of it - on a rather large page of writing - is this:
and halfway down the page:
Nothing else . . no details of where, how many, how serious, age, ethnicity, background illnesses . . nothing, nada, zilch.
The rest of the article is simply repeating what we've already been told over the past week.
I can't think of any reason for that headline with no follow up, not at all. |
They’ve reported exactly what the vaccine minister said on sky news this morning.
Now….
Should they have tried to get more details prior to publishing? Probably
Should the vaccine minister opened his mouth without providing clarification? Probably
Would the vaccine minister know how the media would take his statement? Absolutely