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6 Subtle Ways The News Media Disguises Bullshit As Fact

by Joe Mobley
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#6. Weasel Words

When someone uses language that implies a definite fact without stating it outright, they're using weasel words. The most common are when you attribute opinions to unnamed strangers.

Ads include statements like, "Combined with diet and exercise, many experts agree that this pill could drastically increase the size of your penis and raise your credit card score." The "many experts agree" are the weasel words there.

6 Subtle Ways The News Media Disguises Bullshit As Fact | Cracked.com


Joe Mobley
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    I did a whole ebook on how words are used to make us think what someone wants us to think. It's actually my degree field.

    When you said "media", though - I thought you meant the news, because it was made legal for them to lie to us in 2003, so they don't even toy with language now, they just outright lie. All the people calling FOX BS when they strictly adhere to the news on another channel make me LOL.

    Anyway - this stuff is really blantant. Swaying someone's opinion doesn't need to be blatantly worded.

    Consider these two statements:

    She's a working girl.
    She's a career woman.

    Same person? Can be - depends what you want someone to think of her.
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