The article discusses the disproportionate media coverage of armed protests against COVID-19 lockdowns. While these protests were small in scale, they gained significant national attention, raising concerns about how media bias can shape public perception. The article warns against the Spotlight Fallacy, where the visibility of certain events leads to misconceptions about their prevalence or importance. Such media habits could influence future public responses to health mandates, emphasizing the need for critical consumption of news related to political and social movements.
While the protests were miniscule in size relative to the population, they attracted media attention—their stories were repeated and amplified, often disproportionate to their actual significance.
This disproportionate media coverage can lead to the Spotlight Fallacy, where people mistakenly assume that the extent of coverage correlates with the frequency or importance of the events.
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