| |
|
Thursday, August 26, 2004
|
|
Political Fact-Checking
One of the most important employees in a news organization used to be
the fact-checker, a person who dug in libraries and reference books to
get the facts right before a story was published or broadcast.
Unfortunately, in today's 24-hour, all-news environment, networks no
longer check facts carefully before releasing them. They are in a big
rush to create "breaking news" and "exclusive" stories because they
boost ratings.
So next time you see a TV story or ad, or read a print story or ad, and
you say "I wonder how true that is?" here's a quick way to find out: go
to FactCheck.org
This site describes itself as a nonpartisan, nonprofit, consumer
advocate for voters that monitors "the factual accuracy of what is said
by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates,
speeches, interviews, and news releases."
10:25:34 PM 
|
|
|
© Copyright 2004 William Howarth.
Last update: 9/2/04; 10:33:18 PM.
|
|
| August 2004 |
| Sun |
Mon |
Tue |
Wed |
Thu |
Fri |
Sat |
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
| 8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
| 15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
| 22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
| 29 |
30 |
31 |
|
|
|
|
| Jul Sep |
|
|
