…And the U.S. press, that supposed bulwark of truth and democracy, ate it up, not even pausing to question whether the “data” points were accurate or even truthful.
Nearly as bad as the initial scandal of newsrooms blindly repeating Hamilton 68’s garbage “research” is the fact there has been no transparency whatsoever from the media regarding this major muck-up.
“I asked for comment from a huge range of actors — from the Alliance for Securing Democracy to … editors and news directors at MSNBC, Politico, Mother Jones, the Washington Post, Politifact, and others. Not one answered. They’re all going to pretend this didn’t happen,” Taibbi writes.
This is par for the course. I’ve covered both Congress and the media. In my experience, it’s easier to get a comment from a member of the House or the Senate than it is to get a comment from a news editor or even an ombudsman.
R&I – FS
ConservativeChick
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