You know what I spent the last hour doing? 'Discussing' with someone whether Joe Rogan was neutral. I cannot understand how anyone could call Rogan neutral but clearly they are the same ones who think Reuters is good
Yeah that's what's weird - reuters is well regarded and is considered unbiased and does fact checks on various misinformation, but the article headlines in the facebook newsfeed have often just felt a bit off in phrasing, like easy to lead to premature implication or something, even if the article itself is more careful. It could be a deliberate click-bait/engagement thing to serve the algorithm.
eg...
Most COVID-19 cases in Massachusetts outbreak among vaccinated, says CDC
Three-quarters of people infected with COVID-19 at July public events in a town on Cape Cod in Massachusetts were fully vaccinated, a study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed.
www.reuters.com
Irresponsible Headlines on Massachusetts Outbreak Mislead the Public and Cause Harm. Only 4 vaccinated people were hospitalized with ...
macarthurmc.com
"Only 4 vaccinated people were hospitalized with Covid-19.
Want people to click on your story? You need a killer headline. Clickbait works. But what if a clickbait headline misleads the public and potentially leads to more deaths around the world?
Multiple news outlets covered a Massachusetts Covid-19 outbreak in vaccinated people as detailed in the July 30 CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly
Report.
Many of the headlines from well-respected media sources are inflammatory and scary. They are also misleading and miss a crucial point that every reader needs to know."
Surely we can do better than this headline based on a CDC study of 43 reported cases.
www.esquire.com
"On Monday, we were treated to another example of this from the venerable newswire
Reuters, which prides itself on Objectively Relaying the Bare Facts, No Chaser.
The headline?
Most reported U.S. Omicron cases have hit the fully vaccinated -CDC
And how many cases were examined?
43.
Of the 43 people, 34 were vaccinated."