{"id":9636,"date":"2017-03-12T23:17:59","date_gmt":"2017-03-12T23:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/victorhugocollection.com\/?p=9636"},"modified":"2019-07-20T05:31:19","modified_gmt":"2019-07-20T05:31:19","slug":"usa-today-publication-uses-subtle-censorship-to-suppress-story-with-fake-news-headline-how-usa-today-editors-justify-feeding-false-narrative-to-global-online-audience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victorhugocollection.com\/usa-today-publication-uses-subtle-censorship-to-suppress-story-with-fake-news-headline-how-usa-today-editors-justify-feeding-false-narrative-to-global-online-audience\/","title":{"rendered":"USA TODAY PUBLICATION USES SUBTLE CENSORSHIP TO SUPPRESS STORY WITH FAKE NEWS HEADLINE. How USA Today Editors Justify Feeding False Narrative To Global Online Audience."},"content":{"rendered":"

On March 1, 2017 the\u00a0USA Today Network <\/i>published an article\u00a0titled, \u201cArtist Victor-Hugo Vaca Jr. creates ‘a diary of the world on canvas’<\/strong>\u201d.<\/i>\u00a0 <\/i>Five days later, boosting the decline of public trust in news media, as noted in a recent\u00a0Gallup Poll,\u00a0<\/em>e<\/span>ditors at a USA Today publication used subtle-censorship to openly corrupt a factual header, in favor of a glaringly fake-news headline, to downplay a unique story about modern-art-gonzo-journalism and the Modern Art Music Movement (MAMM). The trending internet article, by journalist Lisa Conley<\/em>, about the curious career of the\u00a0Maverick Artist Victor-Hugo<\/em>, was printed in the Sunday March 5, 2017, Naples Daily Newspaper, under the headline, “Artist creates, ‘a diary of the world on canvas'”, after premiering globally on the USA Today Network, <\/em>on\u00a0<\/em>the same day that\u00a0Democratic Congressman, Cedric Richmond, uttered a crude, gang-rape, sex-joke about the Counselor to President Donald Trump,\u00a0Kellyanne Conway, at\u00a0The Washington Press Club Foundation’s Annual\u00a0Congressional Dinner.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Artist<\/a>

Impactful USA Today Network News Headline<\/p><\/div>\n

“Between the famous name, the\u00a0Naval Academy, “Crackhead Jesus” and Pink Floyd, Victor-Hugo Vaca Jr.’s story has everything.“<\/i>:\u00a0<\/i>The caption read, as the article quickly caught public interest and was picked up over the next five days by several mainstream media news outlets across America including: The Tennessean, The Naples Daily News and The Marco Eagle.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Artist<\/a>

Artist Victor-Hugo Vaca Jr. USA Today Network<\/p><\/div>\n

As Lisa Conley\u2019s article gained readers and \u00a0momentum in shares, on social media networks, like Facebook and LinkedIn, the real news headline was abruptly changed, to a fake-news\u00a0internet\u00a0headline, by USA Today editors, without explanation.<\/p>\n

\"Artist<\/a>

USA Today Network: Subtle-censorship.<\/p><\/div>\n

The nonsensical caption negatively impacts search\u00a0algorithms and serves to stunt the stories reach. Students of art movements and human history, are left confused, rather than informed, when using Google, Bing and other information gathering resources on the internet, to research the United States Naval Academy trained, New York born, Hispanic,\u00a0multi-media artist, Victor-Hugo Vaca Jr., who is better known by his stage name, Maverick Artist Victor-Hugo, when performing as part of the Modern Art Music Movement (MAMM), to raise money for charity and education scholarships, as well as elevate awareness about under-reported social issues, such as waning public trust in news media, at public events, like, Wet Paint Live, in Marco Island, Florida, as reported, in the USA Today Network article by Lisa Conley.<\/p>\n

\"Artist<\/a>

Artist Victor-Hugo Vaca Jr. USA Today Network<\/p><\/div>\n

Victor-Hugo Vaca Jr. is listed in The Library Of Congress amongst some of the most influential artists in modern history, including The Beastie Boys, Shepard Fairey and The Wu Tang Clan, in the University\/College reference book, by D.B. Burkeman, titled, “Stickers: From Punk Rock To Contemporary Art”. The Maverick Artist Victor-Hugo is known to no one in the entertainment industry or in his private life as, Vaca.<\/p>\n

\"STICKERBOOK<\/a><\/p>\n

The headline “Marco visitor Vaca paints to create ‘diary of the world on canvas'” begs the questions: “If a USA Today journalist goes to Syria on assignment, would USA Today editors say the reporters are visiting or working to gather useful news and information for public consumption and if the artist\u00a0Willie Nelson<\/em> performs in Naples, will the Naples News<\/em> headline read, “Nelson Visits Naples\u201d?<\/i><\/p>\n

\"Willie<\/a>

Artist Willie Nelson USA Today Network<\/p><\/div>\n

The same week, USA Today Editors, corrupted truth with false narrative, a story headlined, “Willie Nelson<\/em> at Artis-Naples” was published in The Naples Daily News. The Naples News editors, who inexplicably chose to burden Conley’s work with a fake news headline, were then asked: “Would\u00a0<\/i>the headline for a performance by Lady Gaga, Sting <\/em>or Cher <\/em>in Marco Island read;\u00a0 \u201c<\/em>Marco Visitor [Whatever Lady Gaga, Sting, <\/em>or Cher\u2019s <\/em>Last Name is] Sings Songs About Life\u201d?<\/em><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>According to USA Today Network editors,\u00a0when asked to provide an explanation for this betrayal of public trust and answer why they chose to surreptitiously alter a fact based headline in favor of heralding a grossly misleading caption as truth for subscribers, the following statement was provided:<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWe used the phrase Marco visitor because we try to emphasize local angles in headlines to distinguish our local stories from all of the\u00a0state, nation and\u00a0world stories available on our website and others. We\u00a0used just his last name in the headline because that is standard practice in American journalism to keep headlines shorter and thus more readable.\u00a0It’s not standard practice to put Jr. in a headline unless necessary to distinguish someone from his father. In this case, that wasn’t necessary because few of our readers would think of his father.<\/em>”<\/p>\n

\"Artist<\/a>

Artist Victor-Hugo Vaca Jr. USA Today Network<\/p><\/div>\n

It is curious, to say the least, that the USA Today Network would choose to bury a story about modern-art-gonzo-journalism, by purposefully changing the title to mislead algorithms and search engines, at the height of public interest. USA Today editors, using archaic, truth-defying-standards, appear to rationalize the perpetuation of false narratives, through fake news headlines, as a way of dumbing down the public. It is no wonder that smart readers have fled, in hordes, from subscribing to the poetic-misinformation peddled by newspapers.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

The Palm Beach Post censors film title.<\/p><\/div>\n

On October 29, 2010, The Palm Beach Post used subtle-censorship in the form of nine question marks, ?????????, to corrupt the title of the award-winning film, “Crackhead Jesus: The Movie”; a film written, produced and directed by Victor-Hugo Vaca Jr., as part of the 2010 Delray Beach Film Festival 72-Hour Movie-Making Competition.<\/p>\n

\"CRACKHEAD<\/a>

“Crackhead Jesus: The Movie” Marquee.<\/p><\/div>\n

When the 72-Hour Film Competition winner was screened alongside cult classic films, “Pink Floyd’s: The Wall” and Stanley Kubrick’s, “A Clockwork Orange”, in Lake Worth, Florida, as part of the Halloween Modern Art Music Movement Midnight Cult Movie MAMM Jam, the fake Palm Beach Post movie listing caused needless confusion for subscribers in the surrounding community and realized lost revenue for the theater owner and event producers.<\/p>\n

\"CRACKHEAD<\/a>

Subtle-censorship by The Palm Beach Post.<\/p><\/div>\n

To the credit of USA Today publications, though editors chose to stifle proliferation of the story of modern-art-gonzo-journalism on the internet, with a fake news headline, they did not censor, in print newspaper or on the internet, the contentious name of the title character, Crackhead Jesus, from the controversial, award-winning film,\u00a0inspired by court documented events.<\/p>\n

\"Artist<\/a>

Artist Victor-Hugo Vaca Jr. USA Today Network<\/p><\/div>\n

To credit USA Today publication editors at the Naples Daily News, which claims an audience of 70,995\u00a0Sunday\u00a0and 60,232 daily, \u00a0they did not use a fake news headline in the print newspaper version of Lisa Conley’s article, published on March 5th, 2010.<\/p>\n

\"Artist<\/a>

Artist Victor-Hugo Vaca Jr. USA Today Network<\/p><\/div>\n

Modern-art-gonzo-journalism serves as a bridge between\u00a0art and journalism, to help people understand\u00a0the other side of the story, by seeing past the truth,\u00a0through the Modern Art Music Movement (MAMM).<\/p>\n

\"Modern<\/a>

Modern Art Gonzo Journalism.<\/p><\/div>\n

As newspapers struggle to stay relevant, it is only a matter of time before fake news headlines on websites perpetuated in big, bold letters and words, that ultimately mean nothing and only serve to confuse facts, will consume public trust and further alienate a growing skeptical internet audience.<\/p>\n

\"CULT<\/a><\/p>\n

The question for editors at USA Today remains the same: “Will\u00a0the headline, ‘Willie Nelson<\/em> at Artis-Naples’ eventually be changed to read, \u201cNelson Visits Naples\u201d and will a performance by Lady Gaga, Sting or Cher in Marco Island receive the headlines, \u201cMarco Visitor [Whatever Lady Gaga<\/em>, Sting<\/em>, or Cher<\/em>\u2019s Last Name Is] Sings Songs About Life\u201d?<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Artist<\/a>

Artist Victor-Hugo Vaca Jr. USA Today Network<\/p><\/div>\n

“Subtle censorship is a slippery slope, filled with false narratives that create fake news and collapse public trust in news media outlets.” -Maverick Artist Victor Hugo Vaca Jr.<\/p>\n

\"Artist<\/a>

Maverick Artist Victor-Hugo Vaca Jr.<\/p><\/div>\n