"The two pharmaceutical firms were originally scheduled to deliver two million shots in the next seven days, but shipped 1.4 million of those doses last week instead in anticipation of the May long weekend." We got them EARLY. And CTV is trying to make it sound bad. WTAF?
https://twitter.com/CTVNews/status/1396749378484908032
Here is an example of how our news media (which are mostly owned by conservative interests in the US) spin the news to affect people's perceptions. 2/7
Most people only read headlines. CTV can't actually just make stuff up and pass it off as news, but they can present information in such a way as to control what a majority of people will take away from the article. 3/7
This headline, splashed across social media, will be read and people will be inclined to think the CPC is right, the government is failing to procure enough doses fast enough. 4/7
And they may tell their friends who didn't read the article either. And it gets passed around, and grows.
They could have used the headline, "Pfizer delivers 1.4 Million doses of vaccine ahead of schedule to avoid holiday delays" They chose not to do that. 5/7
They could have used the headline, "Pfizer delivers 1.4 Million doses of vaccine ahead of schedule to avoid holiday delays" They chose not to do that. 5/7
In fact, they chose to word the headline in such a way as to do the most damage to public trust in the government. Now, why would they do that? Does that help Canadians? Is that ethical journalism? 6/7
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