Member-only story
WTH Happened to the News?
On September 11th, a notable day in United States and by extension, throughout the world, Townhall ( a clearly conservative political voice), rang the headline, “ AG [U.S. Attorney General] Barr Rips National Media as a ‘Collection of Liars’ Over Riot Coverage.”
Now, before I fire you up about either side of the political aisle, the looming U.S. Presidential election, or the very important issues of race plaguing the United States, related to that headline, I want to steer your focus to the other side of the coin exposed in a headline like that.
Tonight, the first of Presidential Debate of the 2020 election will be streamed to millions of households throughout the world, and it was an Axios Headline thanks to the incredible media industry journalist, Sara Fischer, that caught my attention most, “Media prepares to fact check debates in real time.”
The Media today has to very clearly and publicly share how they’re fact checking… as though we’ve lost confidence that they are.
How did “Fake News” become an issue in society?
Certainly a critical issue of the times, media bias, integrity, and accuracy assuredly has more history to it than Trump Tweets, the salacious argument of the extremes of MSNBC vs. Fox News, or The Daily Show wit.
