“The Britons are freed from Iran. But does this mean the crisis is over?” The local news anchor teased the viewing audience with this little tidbit right before going to a commercial break.

Sounds like he’s imtimating that there is something about this story you don’t know, and that when you return from the commercial break, he’s going to tell you the whole story.

Well, as a matter of fact, when he returned from the break, the newsman relayed the story to the audience, which was waiting with baited breath to find out exactly if the crisis really was over. What could this anchor know about the story that we don’t?! But guess what. When he broadcast the story, the answer to his misleading question, “does this mean the crisis is over?” was actually, “Yes.” In fact, the crisis was over, and his question was merely a tactic to keep us ignorant, curious viewers tuned in.

I really resent this kind of “journalism.”