By Sharon Hill
Someday some ‘expert’ will present the media with a dead ‘bigfoot’ that looks like a roadkill squirrel – and the media will just pass it along unchallenged.
~"busterggi"
I think that quote is true.
The tabloid media seem not to care much for truth but appeal too often to the lowest common denominator - the "Whoa" factor. As in "WHOA! What the hell is that?" And because something looks so impressive on the surface, some people seem fine with embracing naiveté and calling it "alien" or "a monster" or "genuinely incredible". I hate to say they need to expand their assessment a bit more.
Two stories this week that were popular on my website, Doubtful News, were the clearly fake photo of a giant crab, dubbed "Crabzilla" and the capture of a basket star animal (related to star fish) that was labeled "alien" from the sea.
Someday some ‘expert’ will present the media with a dead ‘bigfoot’ that looks like a roadkill squirrel – and the media will just pass it along unchallenged.
~"busterggi"
I think that quote is true.
The tabloid media seem not to care much for truth but appeal too often to the lowest common denominator - the "Whoa" factor. As in "WHOA! What the hell is that?" And because something looks so impressive on the surface, some people seem fine with embracing naiveté and calling it "alien" or "a monster" or "genuinely incredible". I hate to say they need to expand their assessment a bit more.
Two stories this week that were popular on my website, Doubtful News, were the clearly fake photo of a giant crab, dubbed "Crabzilla" and the capture of a basket star animal (related to star fish) that was labeled "alien" from the sea.