Mainstream Media in Action: Misrepresentation Through Misinformation/Manipulation?

This is an excerpt from the American Politico magazine.

Let's break this down step by step.

a) The reason behind the rerun of general elections in 2015

The author is attempting to establish her personal point of view as the factual truth, by stating that the AK Party's loss of single-party rule is the direct cause of the rerun of elections.

This rhetoric contains a logical fallacy, argument by assertion, where the speaker tries to establish a point by merely asserting that it is true. Without providing any concrete evidence supporting her claims.

In life, there might be more to a story than it seems at first glance, and most of us know that it usually is the case.

Therefore, we'd like to show you another perspective, to help you decide for yourself.

b) The grounds for the dismissal of the elected officials

The author uses the same fallacious rhetoric to convince readers that the dismissal of elected officials depends solely on President Erdogan's subjective judgment and -perhaps unfounded- suspicions.

Let us provide another point of view.

The government of Turkey has replaced a number of opposition mayors with government-appointed officials three years ago, after their support for the PKK was legally proven.

However, such an affiliation was specifically never mentioned about the dismissed elected officials in the article, and the author clearly wants the readers to believe Erdogan was single-handedly the man behind the whole process.

We are most definitely not accusing the author of deliberate manipulation, as she might just be ill-informed on a myriad of matters concerning Turkey; but unfortunately, our country frequently suffers from such misrepresentations in foreign media, often through sloppy journalism. This not only hurts us, the Turkish people, but also facilitates the spread of false information throughout the world.

We're kindly asking our readers to evaluate different viewpoints before reaching their final conclusions on just about anything, which we believe would make our world a far better place for all of us to live in.