Jeff Ballinger
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Turning Heads - Some headlines just beg to be rewritten
Media criticism focused on headline writing and how the news is framed
Media criticism focused on headline writing and how the news is framed
Washington Post and AP normalize a US president extorting an American city
Headline writers for both publications call it "pressure" to describe Trump illegally withholding funds approved by Congress in order to extort Chicago
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Headline writers for both publications call it "pressure" to describe Trump illegally withholding funds approved by Congress in order to extort Chicago
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October 4, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Washington Post and AP normalize a US president extorting an American city
Headline writers for both publications call it "pressure" to describe Trump illegally withholding funds approved by Congress in order to extort Chicago
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Headline writers for both publications call it "pressure" to describe Trump illegally withholding funds approved by Congress in order to extort Chicago
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Times takes false equivalency to new lows
Headline echoes Trump calling educational blackmail a "deal"
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Headline echoes Trump calling educational blackmail a "deal"
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October 3, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Times takes false equivalency to new lows
Headline echoes Trump calling educational blackmail a "deal"
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Headline echoes Trump calling educational blackmail a "deal"
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Major media begin to push back on Trump
Meanwhile, Fox "News" continues to mislead MAGAs and elevate conspiracy theories over science, feeding the fixation on finding blame for autism
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Meanwhile, Fox "News" continues to mislead MAGAs and elevate conspiracy theories over science, feeding the fixation on finding blame for autism
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September 23, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Major media begin to push back on Trump
Meanwhile, Fox "News" continues to mislead MAGAs and elevate conspiracy theories over science, feeding the fixation on finding blame for autism
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Meanwhile, Fox "News" continues to mislead MAGAs and elevate conspiracy theories over science, feeding the fixation on finding blame for autism
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Post headline merely hints at reality
We're already in a new era of censorship
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We're already in a new era of censorship
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September 19, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Post headline merely hints at reality
We're already in a new era of censorship
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We're already in a new era of censorship
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Constantly committing absurdity: NY Times continues normalizing aberrant behavior
Trump identifies the Left as "the problem" in wake of killing of youth organizer
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Trump identifies the Left as "the problem" in wake of killing of youth organizer
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September 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Constantly committing absurdity: NY Times continues normalizing aberrant behavior
Trump identifies the Left as "the problem" in wake of killing of youth organizer
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Trump identifies the Left as "the problem" in wake of killing of youth organizer
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Trump threatens war on country's third-largest city
NY Times headline reduces threat of war to "federal enforcement"
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NY Times headline reduces threat of war to "federal enforcement"
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September 7, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Trump threatens war on country's third-largest city
NY Times headline reduces threat of war to "federal enforcement"
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NY Times headline reduces threat of war to "federal enforcement"
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Post headline extends GOP's politicization of science
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September 5, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Post headline extends GOP's politicization of science
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Post's headline downplays GOP's plan to overthrow elected officials in Washington, D.C.
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September 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Post's headline downplays GOP's plan to overthrow elected officials in Washington, D.C.
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Putting loyalty above lives
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August 31, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Putting loyalty above lives
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No question about it
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August 30, 2025 at 12:39 PM
No question about it
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NYT headline makes it seem like Trump isn't behind decision
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August 27, 2025 at 12:46 PM
NYT headline makes it seem like Trump isn't behind decision
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Trumping the free market
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August 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Trumping the free market
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Nationwide shortage of truck drivers doesn't stop Trump from forcing companies to stop hiring new truck drivers ... if they happen to be foreign
August 22, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Nationwide shortage of truck drivers doesn't stop Trump from forcing companies to stop hiring new truck drivers ... if they happen to be foreign
Headlines downplay ongoing genocide
Financial Times and other publications use headlines that minimize Netanyahu's announcement as if the topic were a state dinner rather than how he plans to kill more Palestinians.
Financial Times and other publications use headlines that minimize Netanyahu's announcement as if the topic were a state dinner rather than how he plans to kill more Palestinians.
August 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Headlines downplay ongoing genocide
Financial Times and other publications use headlines that minimize Netanyahu's announcement as if the topic were a state dinner rather than how he plans to kill more Palestinians.
Financial Times and other publications use headlines that minimize Netanyahu's announcement as if the topic were a state dinner rather than how he plans to kill more Palestinians.
Softpedaling admissions of guilt in Gaza
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August 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Softpedaling admissions of guilt in Gaza
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Here we go again?
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June 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Here we go again?
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Coup announcement lost amid scuffle with senator
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June 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Coup announcement lost amid scuffle with senator
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Stories print lies from Homeland Security unchallenged
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June 12, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Stories print lies from Homeland Security unchallenged
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Did media repeat apparent lies by feds without verifying?
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June 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Did media repeat apparent lies by feds without verifying?
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June 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Latest from Turning Heads
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Many headlines omit important context on Harvey Milk
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June 5, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Many headlines omit important context on Harvey Milk
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Why should people care?
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May 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Why should people care?
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May 28, 2025 at 12:21 PM