When American news consumers aren't hearing misinformation, they're almost surely hearing trivia. The TV news shows couldn't resist endlessly repeating McCain's attack ad that compared Obama and his enthusiastic reception in Berlin to misbehaving celebrities Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. Full Story »
Posted by Terry Gamble
Parry makes the argument that superficial journalism favoring one candidate over another could affect election outcome. Sounds obvious, but his examples from the recent campaign coverage give emphasis to the point. Given the mission of Newstrust, this is a topic of concern to all of us and raises the question of how misleading, glib MSM coverage can be counteracted or held to a higher standard.
