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It is, in fact, objectivity’s self-appointed defenders themselves who have led its erosion. Rather than emphasize a fair reporting process , they focused obsessively on the appearanceand performanceof supposed personal objectivity, wielding the term to police personal expression—not journalistic work—in both public and private contexts. Their north... See more

A Test of the News

People trying to win respectability for clearly discredited theories—or, in the case of Holocaust revisionists, trying to whitewash entire chapters of history—exploited the postmodernist argument that all truths are partial.

Michiko Kakutani • The Death of Truth: Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump

Forward-thinking news executives might have foreseen that Media Matters was on the leading edge of a potentially compromising trend of propaganda groups working to shape the news. Proactive news organizations could have developed policies and strategies to avoid compromise. But they didn’t. The truth is, nobody was paying much attention on a macro

Sharyl Attkisson • The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote

Welp here you go: Former Clinton Advisor breaks down “The Playbook” on how they destroy their opponents “Big corporations hire people like me to come inside and implement The Playbook. And here's the way The Playbook works: - First, they attack you broadly and they question your facts___LINE... See more

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If the hoax served to highlight that issue, he suggested, then he had no problem with Collins's means of publicity. It is difficult to imagine anything that could be more discrediting to a civic leader than the remarks attributed to Smith.

Randall Kennedy • Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word

Open Letter Urging The New York Times to Commission an Independent Review

Professors and scholars of journalism call on The New York Times to commission an independent review of a front-page story raising questions about its reporting and editorial processes.

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CLOSED BORDER: When Democrats leave government (unwillingly or voluntarily) more often than not they are hired by Democrat-controlled NGOs. NGOs that Democrats funnel billions into. When Krish left the Obama White House she landed at Global Refugee receiving almost a billion dollars in federal dollars since she took over - she makes $643K a year to... See more

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The news outlets said their reporters did nothing wrong but that they agreed to pay a settlement so they wouldn’t have to disclose the names of the government sources who’d leaked Lee’s name. The big takeaway for me was the realization that our own government could be guilty of fingering a fake suspect and generating a fake story about him—and get

Sharyl Attkisson • The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote

Exclusive: If you have fallen for the PR blitz surrounding Mohsen Mahdawi, the Palestinian student who loves peace and Jewish people, then sit down and hold onto something. You’ve been fooled. It is time to meet the real Mohsen Mahdawi Thread ⬇️⬇️⬇️

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