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[SaintForLife]

I figured we needed a thread specifically about the media.

There was a very big correction recently by the Washington Post.


That story was supposedly "independently confirmed" by CNN, NBC News, USA Today, ABC News, & PBS News Hour. How could they all have gotten the quote wrong if they actually independently confirmed the story?






Why do all the errors always go in one political direction and not closer to 50/50?

 

[Dragon]

Media has fractured. Anyone with a podcast/blog/whatever is now “Media”. That is the environment that must be negotiated by politicians in particular and the public in general. This means someone can find any media source to echo their belief structure.

This makes teaching critical source evaluation even more important. One thing I appreciate about Substack is that readers are quick to point out errors or call out any questionable claims from contributors. The writers I follow are not afraid to verify and correct their content when necessary. However, according to MAGA supporters, the only subjects children should be taught in school are reading and math, so it's unlikely that "source evaluation" will ever make it into the curriculum.

 

[Optimus Prime]

CNN journalists avoided mentioning the most sordid elements of President Donald Trump’s past—including his felony conviction and two impeachments—during inauguration day broadcasts after the network’s top boss told them to show some deference to the most powerful person on earth.

That’s according to a report in media news publication Status, authored by the well-sourced erstwhile CNN media reporter Oliver Darcy.

During a routine editorial meeting on Sunday, meant to plan the extensive logistics of an inauguration, CNN CEO Mark Thompson told journalists to avoid “pre-judging Trump,” Status reported.

In addition to instructing them to keep an open mind about Trump’s second term—three days in, the president has already launched attacks on birthright citizenship, pardoned violent insurrectionists, and withdrawn from the World Health Organization and Paris climate agreement—Thompson told his journalists he does not want CNN’s “coverage to relitigate the past.”

Among those in attendance were Jake Tapper and Anderson Cooper, star anchors who have long reported on Trump’s record of scandals, opining at length on everything from sexual misconduct allegations made against him by over two dozen women to his attempts to overturn the 2020 election.

That previous coverage, however, came under the leadership of former boss Jeff Zucker, who threw the weight of CNN at Trump during the president’s first term in office, allowing on-air talent to directly address his stream of falsehoods.

Thompson would have none of that and urged talent to withhold expressions of indignation aimed at Trump or his conduct.

When the call with Thompson wrapped up, no one spoke up, Status said, suggesting the message to treat the president with kid gloves had been received. (Status had earlier reported on the softball coverage that went to air Monday, including an uncharacteristically muted Tapper.)

“[Thompson] does not want them endlessly poking the eye of the sitting president and believes that Trump should be shown some deference,“ Darcy wrote. ”And he has made it clear that he wants the MAGA movement to have a seat at the table when discussing political topics... even if certain pundits do use the platform to make incendiary and sometimes false claims."............

MSN

 

[MT15]

Another issue - this time with Meta. They claim it was a technical error - but there’s no way that’s true.