July 27, 2015

Deceptively Edited Videos And How The Media Keeps Playing The Same Game

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2015/07/23/deceptively-edited-videos-and-how-the-media-kee/204553
"The activists release a series of videos in an effort to build a big takedown story, and the press usually plays along. Meanwhile, activists coordinate with right-wing media players and members of Congress to generate simultaneous outrage over the clips.
The problem for the activists, and the problem for journalists who excitedly treat the clips as news, is that the videos invariably turn out to be doctored, filled with deceptive edits, and missing context in an effort to manufacture scandal."