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By: Fact Checking and Leaked Footage « Media and the Presidential Election – 2012

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:23:46 +0000

[...] Rosen knows how to work his hyperlinks. I could barely get through a graph without opening up a billion (slightly hyperbolic) new tabs. [...]

By: Law and Media Round Up – 17 September 2012 « Inforrm's Blog

Law and Media Round Up – 17 September 2012 « Inforrm's Blog — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 09:25:15 +0000

[...] public editor, Margaret Sullivan, addressed the issue of ‘false balance’, linking to a recent piece by media academic Jay Rosen. According to Sullivan, in response to one specific complaint about a [...]

By: Paul Ryan and the Rise of the Fact-Checker | Tech Life

Paul Ryan and the Rise of the Fact-Checker | Tech Life — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 20:51:00 +0000

[...] Okay, there’s been a slow build to a possible rebirth of fact-checking in the news. That had been kept alive quietly by a few news outlets, mostly notably The Daily Show and the Colbert Report and media commentators including Jeff Jarvis, Arianna Huffington, and Jay Rosen in #presspushback. [...]

By: The Newsroom. | liberal reflections

The Newsroom. | liberal reflections — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 13:04:26 +0000

[...] speech. But at a time in American politics when fact-checking and its role in reporting is more prominent and important than ever given the new levels of lying the Republicans have brought to the [...]

By: Phillip Dupree

Phillip Dupree — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 03:03:30 +0000

Only vaguely related to your post, but did you happen to be outside the gates of Columbia University in Fall 2007 when President Ahmadinejad of Iran visited the campus? Did you happen to have a brief conversation with a young student who believed Ahmadinejad had a right to speak, arguing yourself that sometimes evil cannot be tolerated but only resisted?

If not, ignore this. Thanks for your time,

-Phillip

By: Weekly List Bookmarks (weekly) | Eccentric Eclectica @ ToddSuomela.com

Weekly List Bookmarks (weekly) | Eccentric Eclectica @ ToddSuomela.com — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 00:57:37 +0000

[...] #presspushback » Pressthink [...]

By: abigail beecher

abigail beecher — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 18:30:32 +0000

So true.

The problem with the press as fact checkers is that long ago they decided to cast off the referee shackles and become players. In fact Jay did a post about this titled “Pssst…The Press Is a Player”. But now that their influence is waning they decide they want return to the old days and be referees. It ain’t gonna happen.

For one thing, the press isn’t that smart—about finance, government, statistics, economics, etc. What they know is partisan politics. The press is all about being generalists not informed on specifics, which is why they are failing on fact check patrol.

Besides, the press is guilty of Dowdifying quotes, taking stuff out of context, cherry picking facts—all the stuff they accuse politicians of doing.

The establishment press has no moral authority to fact check anyone.

By: Morning Feature – The Savvy Herd, Part III: Push-Back on Post-Truth (Non-Cynical Saturday) | BPI Campus

Sat, 08 Sep 2012 11:29:49 +0000

[...] Krugman’s prediction seemed likely, yet as Dr. Rosen wrote last Friday: This week, one of the presidential campaigns said: “We defy the fact checkers. Your move, [...]

By: Asking the tough questions « UMass Journalism Ethics

Asking the tough questions « UMass Journalism Ethics — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 19:11:34 +0000

[...] The debate about fact-checking has reached new heights (lows?) this electoral season. Check out a piece alleging that Associated Press’ has problems defining what a “fact” is, a piece on why journalists avoid using the word “liar,” a piece on the difficulties of calling the bullshit when covering campaigns, a piece on bad/problematic fact-checking, Jay Rosen’s excellent take on the whole fact-checking phenomenon, [...]

By: Was Deval Patrick Right About Romney? |

Was Deval Patrick Right About Romney? | — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 17:30:37 +0000

[...] Jay Rosen blog: #presspushback [...]