{"id":499500,"date":"2022-02-05T02:41:59","date_gmt":"2022-02-05T02:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmatilda.com\/?p=131521"},"modified":"2022-02-05T02:41:59","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T02:41:59","slug":"news-corp-tips-certain-near-certain-virtually-certain-dangerous-but-ambiguous-distinct-possibility-of-russian-invasion-of-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2022\/02\/05\/news-corp-tips-certain-near-certain-virtually-certain-dangerous-but-ambiguous-distinct-possibility-of-russian-invasion-of-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"News Corp Tips \u2018Certain, Near-Certain, Virtually Certain, Dangerous But Ambiguous, Distinct Possibility\u2019 Of Russian Invasion Of Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Once upon time, in a society not too different from our own, a journalists\u2019 work was summated by the quality of their reporting, in particular its accuracy. That\u2019s now how it works anymore. It\u2019s all about the clicks, and this is how you get \u2018em.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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So apparently, Russian dictator, animal torturer and child molester Vladimir Putin is poised to invade Ukraine. And by apparently, we mean \u2018absolutely, positively, definitely… Maybe.’ At least that\u2019s the view over at War Hawks Headquarters\u2026 and by War Hawks Headquarters, we obviously mean Rupert Murdoch\u2019s News Corporation.<\/p>\n

In a story published earlier this week, the headline on the home page of the news.com.au app reads \u2018Prepare for impact: Russian war \u2018certain\u2019.<\/p>\n

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War is certain?!? WTF? I\u2019m gunna have to read that! But once you click through to the actual story, a revised headline notes that war is only \u2018virtually certain\u2019.<\/p>\n

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And then there\u2019s the actual story\u2026 which gradually concedes that war is a \u2018distinct possibility\u2019 but that nothing has changed since this all started blowing up last year.\u00a0The opening par refers to a \u2018near-certain\u2019 Russian invasion.\u00a0By the third par, the threat becomes \u201cdangerous but ambiguous\u201d… but then gets re-upgraded to \u201cvirtually certain\u201d again before the end of the sentence.<\/p>\n

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Par four notes Kiev \u201ccould<\/em> be sacked by Russian forces\u201d. And then pars six and seven destroy the whole premise of the yarn entirely.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not true, White House National Security Spokeswoman Emily Horne said.<\/p>\n

\u201cPresident Biden said that there is a distinct possibility that the Russians could invade Ukraine in February. He has previously said this publicly and we have been waning about this for months. Reports of anything more or different that that are completely false.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Fake news was only supposed to happen it the Trump era\u2026? Either way, that ladies and gentleman, is how you kill two birds with one stone by baying for war while publishing clickbait.<\/p>\n

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Once upon time, in a society not too different from our own, a journalists\u2019 work was summated by the quality of their reporting, in particular its accuracy. That\u2019s now how it works anymore. It\u2019s all about the clicks, and this is how you get \u2018em. So apparently, Russian dictator, animal torturer and child molester Vladimir […]<\/p>\n

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