- This topic has 5 replies, 4 voices, and was last updated 5 years, 1 month ago by
.
-
Posts
-
-
27 people in a single Ford Expedition.
Boggles the mind. Truly sad and tragic. Fox went so far as to refer to the Ford SUV as a “bus” likely trolling for hate.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-multiple-people-killed-bus-truck-collision
____________________________________________________________
Sic transit gloria mundi (so shut up and get back to work) -
-
CC: The URL still has the “bus” comment in it (in the post above).
I think that every news site has little psychological prods that they use to ensure their heavy users weigh in. For instance, the use of the word “unhinged” w/r/t the Trump administration was a CNN standby for a couple of years. There are probably plenty of others (angry, erratic, etc.) that were used during that era, many of which of course have a hint of truth. CNN does the same on racial issues as it has been a moneymaker for them for a long time.
Fox does this in spades with its articles. Little nudges that bring out either sincere whack job conservatives or intense racial feelings. A sympathetic view would be that the URL was written with only the knowledge of 27 people in the vehicle that was struck (now 25, I think ), and so it “must have been a bus.” A less sympathetic view is that somebody at Fox KNOWs if they call it a bus, it will elicit outrage from the anti-immigration crowd because “that wasn’t a BUS it was an SUV and look at how those coyotes pile people in.” In other words, it amplifies the absurdity of 25 people in an SUV by stating that it was a bus “mistakenly.”
But maybe I’m seeing ghosts and editorial staff aren’t smart enough to manipulate the mob that way. Personally I think it’s happening all the time.
____________________________________________________________
Sic transit gloria mundi (so shut up and get back to work)-
“…editorial staff aren’t smart enough to manipulate the mob that way. Personally I think it’s happening all the time.”
Right you are. The idea of a compassionate border closing as opposed to an exploitive slave trade resulting from an open border.
Here's a toast with one last pour, may it last forever and a minute more;
Good fortune seems to you have sung, to live and love way past long
-
-
There is no way these fools can stop the unintended consequences associated with their open borders policy. Republicans have an open field to negatively spin one off incidents that will result from this wrong headed policy…vehicular accidents, CCP virus cases, open schools at federal facilities for underage illegals.
The 2022 battle lines are being drawn and democrats seem stuck on Trump is bad.
Here's a toast with one last pour, may it last forever and a minute more;
Good fortune seems to you have sung, to live and love way past long -
I’m not sure the reference to “buses” was some weird racist dogwhistle. My read was it was an effort to say that the accident may have been a vehicle transporting farm workers to work (and thus a violation of labor laws) as opposed to human trafficking.
This article also refers to “buses” in this context. While I agree that the media uses trigger words, particularly in headlines, to shade the news, I don’t think this is a proper example of the practice, nor is it a Fox-specific issue.
-
- You must be logged in to reply to this topic.