Media Tracker (2 Viewers)

[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?

 

[bird]

Wasn’t a “DOJ report”. It was an opinion by the RW investigator that he stuck into the report to score political points and provide fodder for Republicans.

 

[SaintForLife]

A survey of expert views on misinformation: Definitions, determinants, solutions, and future of the field | HKS Misinformation Review

We surveyed 150 academic experts on misinformation and identified areas of expert consensus. Experts defined misinformation as false and misleading information, though views diverged on the importance of intentionality and what exactly constitutes misinformation. The most popular reason why...

misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu

 

[SaintForLife]

 

[MT15]

There is no conspiracy theory too stupid for you to parrot is there?

 

[MT15]

A survey of expert views on misinformation: Definitions, determinants, solutions, and future of the field | HKS Misinformation Review

We surveyed 150 academic experts on misinformation and identified areas of expert consensus. Experts defined misinformation as false and misleading information, though views diverged on the importance of intentionality and what exactly constitutes misinformation. The most popular reason why...

misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu

Can you summarize the article for us, in your own words? Did you read it?

 

[bird]

As opposed to Donnie?

 

[MT15]

 

[MT15]

A survey of expert views on misinformation: Definitions, determinants, solutions, and future of the field | HKS Misinformation Review

We surveyed 150 academic experts on misinformation and identified areas of expert consensus. Experts defined misinformation as false and misleading information, though views diverged on the importance of intentionality and what exactly constitutes misinformation. The most popular reason why...

misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu

So the scientific paper doesn’t ever say the words you highlighted - that misinformation experts are unable to detect left-wing disinformation. In fact I couldn’t find the content in the box in your tweet in the essay that was recommended either. I’m willing to bet quite a bit that you have read neither.

So who said those words and how did they come to that rather dubious conclusion?

 

[MT15]

Huh, somebody measured bot traffic and Twitter came out way on top.

 

[Optimus Prime]

Every year, local television news stations owned by Sinclair Broadcasting conduct short surveys among viewers to help guide the year’s coverage.
A key question in each poll, according to David Smith, the company’s executive chairman: “What are you most afraid of?”


The answers are evident in Sinclair’s programming. Crime, homelessness, illegal drug use, failing schools and other societal ills have long been core elements of local TV news coverage.

But on Sinclair’s growing nationwide roster of stations, the editorial focus reflects Smith’s conservative views and plays on its audience’s fears that America’s cities are falling apart, according to media observers, Smith associates, and current and former staffers who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal company matters.


Smith, an enthusiastic supporter of Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump who has built Sinclair into one of the largest television station operators in the country, purchased the Baltimore Sun last month.

In a private meeting with the Sun’s journalists, he urged them to emulate coverage at the local Sinclair station, Fox45, which in 2021 produced a documentary titled simply “Baltimore Is Dying.”

Sinclair’s local network of 185 stations across the country makes it an influential player in shaping the views of millions of Americans, especially at a time when local newspapers are rapidly being gutted — or closed altogether.


As Sinclair increasingly fills the void, it offers its viewers a perspective that aligns with Trump’s oft-stated opinion that America’s cities, especially those run by Democratic politicians, are dangerous and dysfunctional.

“Sinclair stations deliver messages that appeal to older, White, suburban audiences, and they play up crime stories in a way that is disproportionate to their statistical presence,” said Anne Nelson, a journalist and author of “Shadow Network: Media, Money and the Secret Hub of the Radical Right.” “All of it is fearmongering and feeds into a racialized view of cities.”


Nelson, who has spent decades studying conservative media and political propaganda, said that local TV news reports traditionally cover local crime stories, but Sinclair’s programming does it “more than usual, and with a particular message.”

She said that the lack of local papers has changed the role of local TV news…….

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/16/sinclair-broadcasting-conservative-media-trump/

 

[LA - L.A.]

Every year, local television news stations owned by Sinclair Broadcasting conduct short surveys among viewers to help guide the year’s coverage.
A key question in each poll, according to David Smith, the company’s executive chairman: “What are you most afraid of?”


The answers are evident in Sinclair’s programming. Crime, homelessness, illegal drug use, failing schools and other societal ills have long been core elements of local TV news coverage.

But on Sinclair’s growing nationwide roster of stations, the editorial focus reflects Smith’s conservative views and plays on its audience’s fears that America’s cities are falling apart, according to media observers, Smith associates, and current and former staffers who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal company matters.


Smith, an enthusiastic supporter of Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump who has built Sinclair into one of the largest television station operators in the country, purchased the Baltimore Sun last month.

In a private meeting with the Sun’s journalists, he urged them to emulate coverage at the local Sinclair station, Fox45, which in 2021 produced a documentary titled simply “Baltimore Is Dying.”

Sinclair’s local network of 185 stations across the country makes it an influential player in shaping the views of millions of Americans, especially at a time when local newspapers are rapidly being gutted — or closed altogether.


As Sinclair increasingly fills the void, it offers its viewers a perspective that aligns with Trump’s oft-stated opinion that America’s cities, especially those run by Democratic politicians, are dangerous and dysfunctional.

“Sinclair stations deliver messages that appeal to older, White, suburban audiences, and they play up crime stories in a way that is disproportionate to their statistical presence,” said Anne Nelson, a journalist and author of “Shadow Network: Media, Money and the Secret Hub of the Radical Right.” “All of it is fearmongering and feeds into a racialized view of cities.”


Nelson, who has spent decades studying conservative media and political propaganda, said that local TV news reports traditionally cover local crime stories, but Sinclair’s programming does it “more than usual, and with a particular message.”

She said that the lack of local papers has changed the role of local TV news…….

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/16/sinclair-broadcasting-conservative-media-trump/

Damn liberal, socialist corporate media.

 

[TaylorB]

Of course you and the left are depending on the media to run cover for Biden as they always do for Democrats. Yall complain when they don't do it enough. Once again, the media is basically an arm or the Democrat Party.

In an impressive new low, the White House sends impeachment coverage guidelines up a flagpole, and the press salutes

Biden White House spokesperson Ian Sams sent out a letter to news organizations Tuesday, giving instructions on how they should cover (or non-cover, as it were) the Republican impeachment inquiry announced that day by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. News organizations then reported on administration instructions as they followed them, a display of craven supplication that would have impressed Erich Honecker.

...In one instance Sams was able to quote himself in a tweet less than 24 hours after the Washington Post obligingly used, in a headline, language from his letter about GOP efforts to “muddy waters.” Once this kind of thing would have been considered embarrassing, but this crew just nuzzles and begs for more. Already all summer, they’ve been helping blanket a quote assiduously kept out of headlines: “Five million to pay one Biden, and five million to another Biden.”

The phrase is the key line in an FBI document about a Confidential Human Source (CHS), who attended a meeting at the offices of the Ukrainian energy company Burisma in “2015/2016.” Released on July 20th by Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley, the form describes statements by Burisma chief Mykola Zlochevsky. “It costs 5 (million) to pay one Biden, and 5 (million) to another Biden,” Zlochevsky reportedly said. The source was unsure “whether these payments had been made”:

It can’t have been fun for Biden officials to see this public, especially given how neatly it lines up with son Hunter’s infamous “unlike Pop I won’t make you give me half your salary” quote. Next to IRS whistleblower testimony about Hunter Biden’s shell companies, Devon Archer’s testimony about Joe Biden’s presence during his son’s business calls, Joe dining with Burisma exec Vadym Pozharsky at Cafe Milano, and other matters, this is a non-ignorable story now, and the pucker factor chez Biden must be real. Sams sent a two-page introduction and a 14-page appendix addressing seven GOP claims the White House insists have been “debunked” and “refuted.” The CHS form story was first:

Sams then linked to a series of press stories containing passages underscoring the “unverified claims” theme. Among others, he cited Axios (the FBI form “simply documents an interview with a source, and does not in itself indicate any suspicions of wrongdoing”), NBC (“The bribery allegation… wasn’t substantiated”) and CNN (“The FBI and prosecutors who previously reviewed the information couldn’t corroborate the claims”).
What did those stories have in common? They all contained quotes from Ian Sams! White House official sends instructions to reporters, citing media reports sourced to the same White House official. If this merry-go-round doesn’t convince you the lines between media and politicians have been irrevocably blurred, go back and look. You’ll find this same cycle of press figures packing bodies of articles with official denials, then augmenting their own text with the official’s terminology: “refuted,” “debunked,” “no evidence of wrongdoing,” etc. You can’t tell who wrote the original line of defense. Despite this, Sams without irony referred to White House assertions being confirmed by “independent press” five times.

Biden's Praetorian Media Guard

In an impressive new low, the White House sends impeachment coverage guidelines up a flagpole, and the press salutes

www.racket.news

My goodness, did this age poorly

 

[MT15]

My goodness, did this age poorly

I’m glad you quoted the post you were talking about, because it could be any number of them. I’m still a bit salty because I was personally insulted for pointing out that the accusations lacked any proof, and that the Hunter story was probably sourced to Russia. Just totally ridiculed and now that it’s been proven that I was correct, I hear nothing.

BTW, welcome back! We’ve missed your POV around here!

 

[Optimus Prime]

The former Daily Beast editor and CNN anchor John Avlon announced his candidacy for US Congress in New York as a Democrat, seeking to flip a seat on Long Island, where Republicans saw surprising gains in the 2022 midterm elections.

In a video announcement, Avlon said he was running to help Democrats win back the House from Donald Trump’s “Maga minions”.

“Our democracy is in danger,” he said. “This election is not a drill. It’s up to all of us to step up and get off the sidelines.

“We need to build the broadest possible coalition to defeat Donald Trump, defend our democracy and win back the House from his Maga minions who don’t even seem interested in solving problems.”………

Ex-CNN anchor John Avlon announces Congress run to defeat ‘Maga minions’

Journalist seeks to flip Long Island seat as a Democrat to build ‘broadest possible coalition to defeat Donald Trump’

www.theguardian.com

 

[TaylorB]

I’m glad you quoted the post you were talking about, because it could be any number of them. I’m still a bit salty because I was personally insulted for pointing out that the accusations lacked any proof, and that the Hunter story was probably sourced to Russia. Just totally ridiculed and now that it’s been proven that I was correct, I hear nothing.

BTW, welcome back! We’ve missed your POV around here!

You were ridiculed with Russian disinformation for having the nerve to wonder whether Russian disinformation is factoring into the Hunter story. The irony is too rich.

Thanks! I've missed the board's wisdom and wit! Glad to see all of you still at it.

 

[superchuck500]

Fox News (with no evidence whatsoever): Trump’s $399 gold high tops are connecting with black voters because black people like sneakers

 

[superchuck500]

I love when he says "This is a big deal! Certainly in the inner city."

I'm sure it is dude. lol

 

[coldseat]

Fox News (with no evidence whatsoever): Trump’s $399 gold high tops are connecting with black voters because black people like sneakers

Yes, because Raymond Arroyo, the former EWTN News director, is plugged in to what's connecting with Black Americans in the inner city.