I'm shutting down Google+ for the night and quite possibly for the weekend. Why? This stupid #gifwars thing people are so proud of. This Adam Black guy said he doesn't like gifs and now everyone is mass trolling him. Having been mass trolled like this I can relate to him easily enough. Have an opinion and the collective might of Google+'s lower class denizens jump on a bandwagon. I just saw a post where someone wanted to jump on board and had to get clarification she was tagging the proper Adam Black. She wasn't even connected to him ! Nor was she a part of the original discussion. She just wanted to follow the herd. When I called her out of it she claimed, "one gif doesn't make a troll." Perhaps not, but she's contributing to a larger troll effort. One straw doesn't break the camel's back, but thousands will. So, tonight, Google+ disgusts me. It probably will tomorrow as well. And possibly Sunday. I gave up Google+ for two months this spring
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What does that leave us with ? For me that the article was intended to attack the writers subject Fox News.
So when this writer decides to show both sides of media fallacy it is 100% disqualified and no better than its subject. Jmo
Unfortunately, most of these '14 points' apply equally to all 'news' sources - the broadcast, cable, and internet news purveyors are guilty of sensationalizing and exploiting events for the sake of 'ratings' or 'being the first to bring this breaking news'!!
You therefore made a claim that "all" news sources use these 14 propaganda techniques. That's a very broad claim.
The PhD who wrote this article clearly demonstrates how Fox News does it, but you jumped on the "they all do it" bandwagon without proving your counter-claim.
My previous comment stands.