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tomhagen

(3,604 posts) Tue Apr 2, 2019, 08:45 AM Apr 2019

Journalists must stop succumbing to the concept of False Equivalency

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Journalists must stop succumbing to the concept of False Equivalency (Original Post) tomhagen Apr 2019 OP

false equivalency has become embedded in documentaries as well -- documentaries used to be diva77 Apr 2019 #1

diva77

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1. false equivalency has become embedded in documentaries as well -- documentaries used to be

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Tue Apr 2, 2019, 05:56 PM

Apr 2019

documentation of factual events; now they are infotainment with 3-act structures that require a central conflict, resulting in bending of facts, proportion, and presentation in order to have a neat package to sell.

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