This is a really great article about how news organizations can’t get their facts straight or refuse to report them accurately. Sometimes, it’s difficult to know which one is in play, even if they’ve had years to get the facts correct.
Posts Tagged ‘NBC’
NBC’s Brian Williams Rehashes Katrina Violence Myth And Screws Up the Information Again
Saturday, August 28th, 2010SPJ Raps NBC for Checkbook $$$ Journalism
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009Says NBC was ethically wrong for providing the plane for David Goldman and his son for their trip from Brazil to the United States.
“The news media’s duty is to report news, not help create it. The race to be first should not involve buying — directly or indirectly — interviews, an unseemly practice that raises questions of neutrality, integrity and credibility,” the Society of Professional Journalists said in a statement released December 28.
Read full statement here.
Despite Air America “Blackout,” Companies Support Beck, Dobbs, and Limbaugh
Saturday, August 15th, 2009
August 12, 2009 10:07 am ET — 187 Comments
Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, and Lou Dobbs have used their radio and television shows to incite hatred and push wild conspiracy theories, leading several of Beck’s advertisers to reportedly pull out of his broadcasts. Many advertisers have nonetheless sponsored these hosts’ hate speech in recent weeks, including major corporations and organizations that, in 2006, reportedly requested that ABC Radio Networks not air their advertisements during any Air America programs.
Action Alert: Network Nukes Boosters
Friday, February 19th, 2010Reports on New Nuclear Plant Leave Key Questions Unasked
On February 16, ABC World News and NBC Nightly News aired incomplete and unbalanced reports following Barack Obama’s announcement of $8 billion in new loan guarantees for a nuclear power plant in Georgia.
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