It’s extremely difficult to trust much of what you read in Nigerian papers.
Certainly not the headlines, which are now routine sleight-of-hand moves, designed to lead you away from, not closer to, the truth.
Everything now reduced to a [redacted] devious game of deception.
Certainly not the headlines, which are now routine sleight-of-hand moves, designed to lead you away from, not closer to, the truth.
Everything now reduced to a [redacted] devious game of deception.
Never ever come to a conclusion based on a headline. A lot of headlines are sadly clickbait.
Always open the story and read in full. Read with your brain fully switched on.
After reading, you may need to still use Google for context. At least that’s what I do.
Always open the story and read in full. Read with your brain fully switched on.
After reading, you may need to still use Google for context. At least that’s what I do.
I’ve noticed that very often a headline will not make a distinction between an opinion and a fact.
Example below:
Example below:
I can tell a newspaper that Nigeria’s 2020 budget is 200 Trillion Naira and it will be reported as “Nigeria Budgets 200 Trillion” and not “Tolu ALLEGES Nigeria budgeted 20 Trillion”.
They will do this even when the facts are out in the open, even previously reported by them.
They will do this even when the facts are out in the open, even previously reported by them.
The driving forces lie somewhere in between intellectual laziness, mischief, and realization that headline A will get many more clicks than headline B - even though misleading & frankly unethical.
Those of you who think it’s fine, wait until you’re the victim of misreporting.
Those of you who think it’s fine, wait until you’re the victim of misreporting.
By the way these are the same impulses that reduce every interview with a successful woman to whether or not she still cooks for her husband, and how she manages “the home front.”
A few weeks ago there was a @MobilePunch story alleging a 64 billion Naira contract for a University fencing project. The headline was based solely on a claim by the Uni ASUU Chair— who has since disowned the “interview” and called out the reporter.
Has Punch responded? Nah.
Has Punch responded? Nah.
A culture of publish nonsense and then wait to be called out, & then reluctantly publish an apology, or quietly delete the story & carry on like nothing happened. In some cases they won’t even do anything. Just move on like you haven’t just pissed on the altar of ethical practice
