How To Think For Yourself

Submitted by Hardscrabble Farmer

Interesting little story. The headline makes a claim, the reporter describes he reaction to the incident, and there are several photographs of the flyers that accompany the feature. Additionally there are two very short videos, one that shows the location of the incident and the crowd that were on the receiving end and a second one that appears to be made by the people who dropped the flyers at a different location in another similar leaflet dropping incident.

There are several comments in the article, one from the College President, and another from a college reporter, both very specific about the contents of the flyers and the intent behind it.

Can you identify the problem with the coverage of the incident and the evidence presented?

Think for yourself.

Via ZeroHedge

“Stop The TV Whore Takeover”: Drone Drops Nazi Flyers On Sacramento State Bridge Dinner

Hundreds gathered at an outdoor college fundraiser in downtown Sacramento Friday evening; residents were abruptly interrupted when a drone buzzed overhead and dropped Nazi propaganda flyers, reported The State Hornet.

Flyers landed on Sacramento State’s annual “Bites on the Bridge” Farm-to-Fork dinner held on Guy West Bridge, a suspension bridge for students linking the school with campus dorms.

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Exclusive: 72 percent say media ‘dividing Americans,’ spreading ‘hate’

Via The Washington Examiner

Jim Acosta, Kristen Welker, John Roberts

Nearly three-quarters of the country believes that the media is “dividing Americans” along political, racial, and gender lines, a stunning condemnation of the press, according to a new national survey.

What’s more, the Zogby Analytics poll provided to Secrets said that the media bias is sparking hate and misunderstanding.

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