Today’s #JournalisticMalpractice comes to us from #Alabama.
The #AppleNews headline is disingenuous #clickbait:
‘Federal court selects new Alabama congressional map that could flip a seat to De…’
NOPE! The map “remedies” #GOP “vote dilution” of Black Alabamians.
“Flip” is GOP spin: “fear mongering/they are cheating”
Facebook “sharing preview” for the Alabama Reflector story is ONLY the title:
‘Federal court selects new Alabama congressional map’
https://alabamareflector.com/2023/10/05/federal-court-selects-new-alabama-congressional-map/
@kegill My apologies. It is also possible Apple News cached an earlier headline before it was modified.
Curiously, Politico currently has the maligned headline, almost word-for-word, on one of its articles:
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/05/court-picks-alabamas-new-congressional-map-00120129
In my experience, FB will show the original headline not an updated one.
Thanks for the Politico tip. I’ll add them (not surprised).
The story was modified 13 sec after publishing - probably too quickly for it to be the hede. That’s usually an “uh oh” misspelling or typo.
@LouisIngenthron
Re-read.
The spin is in Apple News NOT the Reflector.