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'''Gotcha journalism''' is a [[liberal]] [[mainstream media]] tactic of asking impossible questions of conservatives to draw out responses that can easily misinterpreted and used as damaging, contextless soundbites.
'''Gotcha journalism''' is a [[liberal]] [[mainstream media]] tactic of asking impossible questions of conservatives to draw out responses that can easily misinterpreted and used as damaging, contextless soundbites.
An example of such a question is ''Name all ten commandments''. Few people, regardless of political leaning, can do this, and the question is aimed to make the target look silly. This particular question is usually asked of those who wish to see the ten commandments displayed outside courthouses.
Gotcha journalism is an example of a [[Media tricks|media trick]].
==See also==
==See also==