Stop Lying About Andrew Tate

A Case Study In News Media Manipulation

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Note: This article has absolutely nothing do with my own personal views on Andrew Tate.Whether I personally like him or don’t like him is completely irrelevant. I’m interested only in the media coverage of him.

Andrew Tate has been banned from all social media platforms, including Tiktok, Youtube, Facebook and others. His name has recently exploded all over the internet; with multiple mainstream news sources reporting on him.

I don’t care if you don’t like him. I don’t care if you think he’s a misogynist. I don’t care if you think he’s a dangerous influence on young men and teenage boys. Those things may or may not be true.

Put your own personal feelings aside, and let’s take a neutral perspective on the news coverage surrounding him. Because when you hold the news media’s response to Andrew Tate under a microscope, you’ll quickly find that it’s actually filled to the brim with: misrepresentations, misleading language and outright lies.

You see, when the mainstream news decides to destroy the reputation of someone, they use exactly the same…