The "Snowden is Ready to Come Home!" Story: a Case Study in Typical Media Deceit

http://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/03/04/snowden-wants-come-home-stories-case-study-media-deceit/
Date Written:  2015-03-04
Publisher:  The Intercept
Year Published:  2015
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX17380

Most sentient people rationally accept that the U.S. media routinely disseminates misleading stories and outright falsehoods in the most authoritative tones. But it's nonetheless valuable to examine particularly egregious case studies to see how that works.