Your source to mainline mainstream media misdeeds and malpractice
For this episode, I take a look at some recent misinformation, but more than just the content itself. I also analyze how it is measured in the press, the way it is classified by journalists to fit their agendas, and also how they traffic in it themselves, all while accusing others of being the guilty parties.
I start with the case of a news item currently floating around social media that has been described as…inaccurate. But curiously, the angry calls of this being misinformation are not heard, and the way it is addressed is rather telling. See, when it is discovered that celebrities and some left-of-center politicians are the guilty parties, suddenly guilt is not assumed. There is a calm call for those people to be more careful when sharing information. When someone of the right is found doing the same, they are instantly accused, their actions are declared intentional, and a dire threat to our democracy is declared.
There is a similar ploy in place with two other major stories, the Paul Pelosi attack, and the Maricopa County voting incompetence. In both cases, we have the press engaged in questionable practices and delivering misinformation, and also in both, it is said those on the right are the ones guilty of delivering false information. It is a convenient dodge by the press, but not a successful one.
Now crack one open and savor some mainstream media malfeasance.
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- Celebrities and Justin Trudeau deliver false news stories about Iranian protestors getting the death penalty.
- CNN’s Oliver Darcy sees that misinformation is coming from the left side of politics and harbors none of the usual outrage.
- A rundown of some of the media fiascos in covering the Paul Pelosi episode.
- NBC News suspends the reporter who delivered a segment about the night of Paul Pelosi’s attack.
- A local NBC affiliate in San Francisco delivers a new report that essentially supports the national story spiked by the network.
- Politifact rates Tucker Carlson saying Maricopa County voting machines were not allowing votes as FALSE.
- Politifact’s claim of voting machines not allowing ballots to be counted is refuted — by Politifact.
Vote counting machines at about 60 vote centers in Maricopa County, Arizona, stopped processing ballots. The problem was due to a printing error. Ballots placed instead in a secure box remained under full chain of custody control. https://t.co/lCAJcliWIK
— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) November 11, 2022
Editor’s Note: RedState also reported on the Iranian protester situation, based on Newsweek’s article. Newsweek has since issued a correction to its reporting and RedState’s article has been updated to reflect that correction.
