CNN host calls out Politico reporter who says fact checking isn’t her job: ‘You ignore that?’

[babylonsister]

politico-who woulda thunk it?


CNN host calls out Politico reporter who says fact checking isn’t her job: ‘You ignore that?’
By David Edwards
Sunday, October 13, 2013 14:57 EDT


Politico reporter Ginger Gibson shocked CNN guest media critic Frank Sesno on Sunday when she said that she didn’t bother to check facts if she was told that her sources were not telling the truth.

During a segment about the increasing role of fact checking organizations like PolitiFact, Sesno asked Gibson how members of Congress responded when they got a “pants on fire” rating.

“Their press secretaries, when it’s the other guy who’s called out, will blast out those as a press release,” Gibson explained.

“And what do you do with that?” Sesno wondered.

“Most of the time, ignore them,” Gibson admitted.

“You ignore it!” Sesno exclaimed. “Wait, wait, wait. So if someone is called a liar or is exposed in a fact check and you’re the reporter of it, you ignore that?”

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/10/13/cnn-host-calls-out-politico-reporter-who-says-fact-checking-isnt-her-job-you-ignore-that/

[steve2470]

1. love it, these stenographers need to keep being called out nt

[valerief]

5. Love that. Steno Pool Journalism. nt

[Cha]

2. We don't call them lazy ass get their stories on the barstool "reporters"

for nothing.

thanks babylonsistah

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. Oy, we have fact checked debates. A long, dreary task in fact

[Laelth]

4. k&r for exposure. n/t

-Laelth

[Chathamization]

6. That's pretty bad, but honestly, PolitiFact is terrible

We need reporters to report on the facts, but PolitiFact or Glenn Kessler style "fact checking" is just as bad as if not worse than "he said/she said" reporting.

[Nevernose]

9. I think Politifact recognize the reality

That reality has a well known liberal bias. If they went around telling the truth -- that Democrats are mostly truthful and Republicans are idealogical, compulsive liars -- then people would stop listening to them.

I don't think that excuses them, but explains their motivations.

[Chathamization]

10. Exactly - they're afraid of saying Democrats are more honest than Republicans

But these kinds of false equivalencies are even worse when they're done under the guise of "fact checking." It's gotten to the point where we need people to fact check the "fact checkers."

[Warren DeMontague]

7. because, you know, we don't want to be unfairly biased- in favor of actual fucking facts.

[sheshe2]

8. Kick~