I just realized what they did to cover their asses....they added a '?' at the end of the headline.
It is not making a statement, rather, asking a question. The implication, from the headline, is that he was suspended because he disarmed a student, even though the first paragraph of the article states otherwise, but, by then, most readers are already convinced he was suspended for disarming a fellow student because the headline has steered them towards that conclusion. Very tricky. On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 10:02 AM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > It's not false information, three students were suspended for subduing > a gunman. Read the article to get to the lame excuse used. Again, > should rape victims go to jail if they refuse to cooperate? > > . > > > On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 9:37 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Did you just admit it is OK for news programs to purposely perpetuate > false > > information in order to get more 'readers'? > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 2:45 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > >> On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 2:21 PM, zaphod <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > > >> > Hmmůlet's see- which one makes more sense. > >> > > >> > "Student gets suspended for not cooperating with investigation" > >> > >> That tells no story and would not be read by anyone. Boring. > >> > >> > or > >> > > >> > "Student gets suspended for disarming gun holding student" > >> > >> No shit, that can't be true...it is? And the reason they, three > >> students, were suspended is because they were afraid to go public? > >> Sounds common. Like jailing rape victims if they don't file a report. > >> > >> > I go with #1, Sam & Jerry go with #2 > >> > >> Obviously. In your world the true is the enemy. > >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:361756 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
