Compare and contrast
October 23, 2009 12:52 pm ET by Jamison Foser
Time reporter Jay Newton-Small insists it isn't her job to tell you which of two contradictory factual claims is true and which is false, claiming "I presented both sides of the story. I'll leave it to columnists and readers to draw their own conclusions on who had the best case."
Time reporter Michael Scherer fact-checks a DNC fundraising email and tells readers it contains a falsehood: "Biden got one big fact wrong. It is not true that 'powerful insurance companies' have been 'spending seven million bucks a week on lobbyists.'"
Maybe someone could explain to me when it's ok to fact-check statements and when that would be "slanted."
(For the record: I prefer Scherer's approach...)
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Mr. News
Deep down a Woman is Pure Emotion, She Literally wears her Heart on her Sleeve.
When you Hurt a Woman it doesn't just hurt That Day or That Week, for her its far more Eternal.
Bill O'Reilly is the Worst kind of a Man, he broke Andrea Mackris' Heart & intentionally compressed it down to the size of a Kernel.
Speak truth to power.
Mr. News
Also, for all the haters: Please note that Media Matters comes down on the side that says the DNC was wrong.
As do I, after reading the articles. Misinformation, whatever the source, needs to be called out and corrected. It's good to note that the numbers were in themselves accurate, and that the mistake came from attributing where the money actually came from. Surprise, surprise, big Pharma is actually leading the health insurance sector in the fight against reform. I guess they likely are not keen on the collective bargaining power of the federal government to obtain low prices on scrips.
To Jay Newton-Small, I can only say that my idea of what a reporter does would involve sizing up the evidence provided by both sides, and making a determination on which side actually has a case in way that is clear to your readers/viewers. That requires presenting both sides fairly, of course, along with avoiding logical and factual errors.