3 Matching Annotations
- Feb 2023
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www.wnycstudios.org www.wnycstudios.org
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- Nov 2022
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www.theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com
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If more Americans were like TV Tropes’ users—that is, if they could spot the recurring motifs in purported political plots—might they also be better at separating fact from fiction?
Perhaps EIP could partner with On the Media to produce a trope consumer handbook for elections, vaccines, and various conspiracy theory areas?
Cross reference: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/projects/breaking-news-consumers-handbook
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- Nov 2020
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www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com
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Politicians and the news media often expect looting and crime when disaster strikes, as they did when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005. But the reality on the ground has more to do with communal acts of generosity and kindness, she believes.
The media get many of these sorts of frequently happening broad stories wrong so often that "On the Media" has an entire series about them: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/projects/breaking-news-consumers-handbook
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