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Meanwhile, male suicides still outnumber female suicides by 3:1 for every age group.

What a fantastic demonstration of the fact that a statement doesn't have to be false in order to be highly misleading.

"Fake" (i.e. blatantly incorrect) news isn't the main problem in out media landscape. Headlines like this one are, which are technically correct, yet are (usually intentionally) crafted to lead the average reader to a conclusion that can be the exact opposite of what is really happening.

parent p-e-w 2 years ago

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