A short list of the reforms our industry should have made to gain back public confidence moving into the 2020 elections.
Fake News
Journalism’s New Propaganda Tool: Using “Confirmed” to Mean its Opposite (a report by Glenn Greenwald)
The following is an excerpt from an article in The Intercept. Outlets claiming to have “confirmed” Jeffrey Goldberg’s story about Trump’s troops comments are again abusing that vital term. ONE OF THE MOST HUMILIATING journalism debacles of the Trump era played out on December 8, 2017, first on CNN and then on MSNBC. The spectacle kicked off on that Friday […]
Judge: Sarah Palin can sue the New York Times for malice
The following is an excerpt from an article in Breitbart: U.S. Judge Jed S. Rakoff, a Bill Clinton appointee, allowed Sarah Palin’s defamation lawsuit against the New York Times to proceed, saying that a jury should decide whether editorial page editor James Bennet acted with “actual malice” in writing that Palin was responsible for “political incitement” that […]
What is fellow investigative journalist Lara Logan saying about "SLANTED: HOW THE NEWS MEDIA TAUGHT US TO LOVE CENSORSHIP AND HATE JOURNALISM"?
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Did Trump say he'll "permanently defund social security" if re-elected? No.
Shortly after President Trump's Saturday news conference announcing several executive orders, numerous analysts and political figures falsely claimed that he'd announced plans to "permanently defund Social Security" and/or Medicare if he's re-elected. Trump never said that. President Trump did announce a temporary deferral of those taxes for some Americans as part of coronavirus economic relief. […]
Attkisson's full response to Washington Post questions about Media Matters' blog against hydroxychloroquine
The following is Sharyl Attkisson's complete response to questions posed by The Washington Post's Paul Farhi as prompted by a Media Matters propaganda blog. Please excuse our typos. Farhi: Hello, Sharyl...I'm writing a story about Sinclair's coverage and commentary about the coronavirus and would like to talk to you about what you've been reporting on […]
YouTube censorship of hydroxychloroquine facts
UPDATE: Thank you! YouTube has reinstated the video. http://fullmeasure.news/news/cover-story/hydroxychloroquine The heavy-handed censorship of social media companies continues at a breakneck speed. YouTube has removed the "Full Measure" investigation that followed the money regarding hydroxychloroquine and the IV medicine remdesivir, calling the story "dangerous." It is chilling to see third parties with so much control respond […]
A tidy takedown of Media Matters and its propaganda about hydroxycholoroquine
For most thinking Americans, it is unnecessary to bother to fact check the propaganda group Media Matters. If they have heard of Media Matters at all, they typically understand it’s a smear group funded by donors with political and corporate interests whose names are kept secret. (The last big Media Matters donor whose name was […]
