There Is an Open War on Facts and Truth. That's Why We Need Accountability Reporting in Political...

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Jennifer 'pro-voting' Rubin
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THIS!!! "It’s past time for media organizations to move on from “both sides” reporting. There is an open war on facts and truth." unfortunately I see ZERO evidence of self-examination/reflection in mainstream coverage

https://niemanreports.org/articles/there-is-an-open-war-on-facts-and-truth-thats-why-we-need-accountability-reporting-in-political-stories/… via @NiemanReports

There Is an Open War on Facts and Truth. That’s Why We Need Accountability Reporting in Political...
It’s past time to move on from “both sides” reporting and stop worrying about faux cries of bias.
niemanreports.org
11:30 AM · Nov 4, 2021

https://niemanreports.org/articles/there-is-an-open-war-on-facts-and-truth-thats-why-we-need-accountability-reporting-in-political-stories/

I’ll just say it: There is no returning to a pre-pandemic normal for journalists because the game has changed, whether news organizations want to recognize it or not.

Three major developments in 2020 — the coronavirus pandemic, racial justice protests, and the U.S. presidential election — tested journalists’ abilities to report facts while debunking massive amounts of disinformation/misinformation around each one.

Each led to discussions within our newsroom on how to adjust. We at WITF, a public radio and television station serving central Pennsylvania, changed. We became nimbler.

During the first two months of the pandemic, we devoted nearly all our staff to covering the unfolding threat in our region and loaned out our health reporter to a partner organization to explore Covid-19 issues in depth. We held weekly mental health chats within the team to check in and prop each other up. Reporters were given a day off on a rotating basis to rest and step away from the grind.

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[happy feet]

1. K&R

Wish I could rec a million times. The fourth estate is failing to uphold their duty to protect our democracy.

[Cha]

2. The M$$M is Hopeless

for Honest Coverage.

I shut them OFF in Nov 2002

[Torchlight]

3. The school of yellow kid journalism is profitable

maybe not honest, accurate or diligent, but Fox and it's children sure do know how to profit off sensationalism and good, old-fashioned puffery.

I doubt many of their shareholders care as much about transparency as they do stock value. More's the pity, but profit trumps civic duty almost every time.