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'''Media hypocrisy''' describes the tendancy of [[mainstream media]] outlets to make hypocritical critiques (usually in opinion pieces, but sometimes evident in the [[media bias|biased]] slant of otherwise 'factual' news stories), usually of [[government]] policies. The hypocrisy is cloaked by separating the articles in question either in space (different pages in a newspaper) or time (different programming slots). The hypocrisy is not intentional, but media outlets tolerate it in their efforts to [[sensationalism|sensationalise]] everything.

'''Media hypocrisy''' describes the tendency of [[mainstream media]] outlets to make hypocritical critiques (usually in opinion pieces, but sometimes evident in the [[media bias|biased]] slant of otherwise 'factual' news stories), usually of [[government]] policies. The hypocrisy is cloaked by separating the articles in question either in space (different pages in a newspaper) or time (different programming slots). The hypocrisy is not intentional, but media outlets tolerate it in their efforts to [[sensationalism|sensationalise]] everything.

In particular, news outlets will target a government's responses to impending disasters. For a given disaster, they will print articles with one of the following themes:

In particular, news outlets will target a government's responses to impending disasters. For a given disaster, they will print articles with one of the following themes: