Maher agrees with Fake News Narrative

[HarleyDog]

(01-27-2024, 02:16 PM)GMDino Wrote: So Maher believes the "narrative" that the news is slanted and he's not bright enough to read a retraction if the story was wrong so its the fault of the paper?

The way I perceive the point is you can print lies and then a week later do a retraction stating you made an error. However, by then, many people have already formed an opinion and a retraction will either not be read, or not convinceable. Seriously, most articles written, readers don't know there is a retraction unless a big deal is made of it. They surely don't advertise their intent to mislead you. I feel this happens more than people realize.

I would say I'm an average to below-average reader when it comes to articles. First, the headline needs to grab my attention (although wild headlines which appear too clickbaity I avoid). Second, If the article doesn't keep me interested by the end of paragraphs 2-3, I'm out. Thirdly, when I read an article, I may skim through updates on the same topic as other articles come out, but once I've read about a topic once, my interest rapidly declines when other articles are written.