The “Snowden is Ready to Come Home!” Story: a Case Study in Typical Media Deceit - The Intercept
▻https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/03/04/snowden-wants-come-home-stories-case-study-media-deceit
Most sentient people rationally accept that the U.S. media routinely disseminates misleading stories and outright falsehoods in the most authoritative tones. But it’s nonetheless valuable to examine particularly egregious case studies to see how that works. In that spirit, let’s take yesterday’s numerous, breathless reports trumpeting the “BREAKING” news that “Edward Snowden now wants to come home!” and is “now negotiating the terms of his return!”