| ▲ | coldtea 3 hours ago |
| >What's the word for this type of propaganda, where they add in some sort of adjective that wasn't needed, in order to prime the reader on how to think/feel, rather than just objectively reporting the facts? It's called an editorial. It's not supposed to be a mere report, concerned with respecting any random person's feeling about how all electricity consumption is equally valid and should be equally respected. |
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| ▲ | kevinpet 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Editorials are a thing. This is not an editorial. It's structured as a news report. |
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| ▲ | zdragnar an hour ago | parent | next [-] | | This is The Register we're talking about. Of course it is heavily editorialized, that's half their schtick. | |
| ▲ | hunterpayne 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Credibility is a thing. Articles like this burn it quite quickly. It really is past time that the scientific community needs to make a public statement rejecting these types of "journalists". | | |
| ▲ | coldtea an hour ago | parent [-] | | The scientific community has burned a lot of credibility itself to make any kind of statement to that effect. | | |
| ▲ | hunterpayne 36 minutes ago | parent [-] | | That's the thing, the popular impression is that this is the case. But if you read what scientists actually wrote/said you would realize that what science says and what activists and journalists claim science says are quite different. That's why its almost impossible for a journalist to get a quote from a scientists on this topic anymore. Its also why there are almost no scientists who are members of "green" political entities (eg Sierra Club) anymore. Did you see a quote from a scientist in this article? When was the last time you saw one? | | |
| ▲ | defrost 24 minutes ago | parent [-] | | > Did you see a quote from a scientist in this article? The article cited the latest figures from Ireland's Central Statistics Office (CSO). There's little need here for Niels Bohr or a bleeding edge virologist to lean in on annual summary stats on civil infrastructure usage. |
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| ▲ | fc417fc802 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| It's called a value judgment and an emotionally charged tone. That's certainly a form of editorial but IMO not the good kind. If an outlet seeks to advocate for a cause it ought to do so in a well reasoned manner and with a professional tone. |
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