For example, look on the side of many boxes of junk cereal and you'll find a "Get The Facts" box touting the benefits of some miniscule quantity of vitamin contained in the cereal. Or when Microsoft launched a "Get The Facts" campaign in 2004 to try to steer users away from Linux.
I also find the phrase to be highly condescending.
For example, look at the parent of this post, and you'll find a 'Rule of Thumb' touting a couple anecdotes about when the rule of thumb worked in some instance, without any proof.
I also find the phrase to be highly condescending to those of us who care to study an argument for what it contains, and not just a phrase it happens to use.
As I mention above, my objection is that it paints an overly simplistic picture of the "myth" by reducing it to a one-line straw man which can then easily be dismantled in the "fact" section.
So while it's true that it is important to evaluate the content presented, it is also critical to consider the content not included either by commission or omission.
Good thing that phrase doesn't occur anywhere in the linked post.
Or is your aversion to any use by a corporation of the word "facts"?
even though the parallels are disingenuous, I would refrain from citing this as a reason for feeling suspicious.
However, my objection is that it paints an overly simplistic picture of the "myth" by reducing it to a one-line straw man which can then easily be dismantled in the "fact" section.
So while it's true that it is important to evaluate the content presented, it is also critical to consider the content not included either by commission or omission.