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Press and Precedent: Media Coverage of the Supreme Court’s GPS Case
by Matthew L. Schafer On January 23, 2012, the Supreme Court addressed for the first time whether the attaching of a GPS device to a citizen’s car and its subsequent use constituted a search. The Court held that it did. “We … Continue reading
Political Pinocchios, Fact Checking, and Journalist Responsibility
by Matthew L. Schafer No one ever said that telling the truth was easy. As The Times’ Public Editor Arthur Brisbane recently discovered, having conversations about how to deal with the truth is even more difficult. Brisbane, who with all … Continue reading
Posted in Political Communication
Tagged Bill Adair, Death Panels, Fact checking, Journalism, New York Times, Objectivity, Paul Krugman, Politifact
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Lie of the Year: Fact-Checkers are Worthless
by Matthew L. Schafer Recently, PolitiFact, a fact checking organization within the St. Petersburg Times, has been receiving heat. It recently gave the “Lie of the Year” award to a whole slew of Democratic claims that Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget … Continue reading
Posted in Political Communication
Tagged Fact checking, Objectivity, Paul Krugman, Politifact
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