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EDITORIAL: Rhetoric 101: How they get you to buy what they're selling
The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJan. 18—In a world where the line between fact reporting and opinion spouting is increasingly blurry and politicians put spin on everything, we want to help our readers better understand some ...
10 Hyperbole Examples That Make Mountains out of Molehills
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 1 month agoHyperbole is an ancient Greek word that roughly translates to "go beyond." The many hyperbole...
Disinformation is rampant on social media – a social psychologist explains the tactics used against...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 6 months agoDisinformation campaigns often use a set of rhetorical devices that you can learn to spot, like...
Opinion: Don't be fooled by exaggerated 'benefits' of carbon pipelines
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOne of the companies proposing pipelines in Iowa to sequester CO2 from ethanol production...
All the celebrities mentioned in Taylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ album
TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 month agoTaylor Swift's new album, "The Tortured Poets Department" dropped on April 19, and in the lyrics of...
24 Distracting "Out Of The Ordinary" Photos To Shake Up Your Boring Workday
BuzzFeed via Yahoo News· 1 year ago1.This pizzeria that uses a dough ball instead of plastic to keep its pies intact:...
When it comes to heated rhetoric, experts say it's as old as politics itself
The Metrowest Daily News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBOSTON — Unhinged political rhetoric is at the forefront of much of the public’s mind, especially...
A Once-in-a-Generation Investment Opportunity: 1 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Growth Stock to Buy...
Motley Fool via Yahoo Finance· 4 days agoThe pace at which artificial intelligence (AI) has become the dominant trend in technology has been...
Don’t confuse believers in the public square with impending theocracy
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 2 months agoAmerica is facing an acute threat of “theocracy” — or so you would think from reading several recent...
Laurence Fox apologises in court for calling people ‘paedophiles’ in online row
Press Association News via AOL· 6 months agoLaurence Fox has apologised from a witness box to two people he called “paedophiles” in a Twitter...