They describe themselves as “independent fact-checkers,” but they’re not. They sound like liberal columnists, which is why conservatives and Republicans disdain their partisan rulings. Ted Cruz and Elizabeth Warren have been “fact checked” very, very differently in the last decade.
On today’s podcast, media analyst Alex Christy discusses the chapter he wrote with Brent Baker in the new book A Future for the News.
In the Trump years, CNN (and PBS) host Christiane Amanpour proclaimed that “now more than ever, we need real reporting” mantra. The New York Times did that “now more than ever” advertising when Trump came in to build a hard-left subscriber base. It underlines who they always think the threat is.
But then you turn the clock back to 2012. Mitt Romney’s pollster Neil Newhouse caused a ruckus when he said “we’re not toing to let our…
