Following Mueller Revelations, Journalists Weigh How to Cover a Misleading Press Secretary
Press Secretary Sarah Sanders privately admitted to misleading reporters during a press conference on May 10, 2017.
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Should the media play a role in combating the anti-vaxxer movement?
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio declared a public health emergency in parts of Brooklyn due to an outbreak of measles in ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities. Measles was declared to be eliminated from the U.S. in 2000, but has since returned. This was the second
Despite Intricacy of Concluded Mueller Probe, News Media Maintains Tradition of Oversimplification
Less than two weeks after Attorney General William Barr told Congress that Special Counsel Robert Mueller did not draw a definitive conclusion as to whether President Donald Trump obstructed justice, The New York Times reported that members of Mueller’s team had told associates that Barr failed to adequately portray their findings, which they said were more troubling for Trump than Barr presented them to be.
Trump Campaign Memo Advises Against Guests Who Made Claims of Conspiracy
President Trump’s reelection campaign released a memo suggesting that TV producers should think twice about booking guests who previously spoke of evidence of collusion between Trump’s 2016 campaign and Russia.
Sandmann Family Sues The Washington Post
Nick Sandmann’s parents have filed a defamation suit against The Washington Post on his behalf.
CNN Under Fire for Giving Ex-DOJ Spokeswoman Editorial Role in 2020 Coverage
CNN names former Department of Justice spokeswoman as new political editor.
Was The Media’s SOTU Fact-Check Fair?
Can excessive fact-checking be partisan in itself?
In Rare Move, Mueller Disputes Aspects of Explosive Buzzfeed Report Alleging Trump Suborned Perjury
Mueller and the media respond to the explosive Buzzfeed News report.
Here’s Why Journalists are Thanking a Bot
In a story for the Atlantic, Adrienne LaFrance, the editor at The Atlantic, wrote “I’m not excluding women on purpose, but I can’t say it’s an accident, either. Reporters choose whom to interview. We carefully parcel out our time as we work toward deadlines.”
Ex-Trump Supporter Reflects on Vilification Of Press
David Weissman, Army veteran and ex-Trump supporter, has changed his political affiliation and opinion on Trump’s hostility toward the media.