6/20/18

An Example Fake News Headline from CNN

Following is a fake news headline from CNN. 

Kim Jong Un ends visit to China with a message for the US


That is the headline makes the reader believe that Kim Jong Un had a message for the United States when his trip to Beijing ended and there wasn't one. Read far into the article expecting a quote from Kim Jong Un and not a trace. Instead their was something from Bill Richardson, former Governor of New Mexico, saying he thought China was sending a mesage about trade tariffs and denuclearization. It was the political equivalence of interpreting an ink blot.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/20/politics/kim-xi-meeting-trump-summit/index.html

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