WBA NewsroomThe heart of this new piece of guidance from Poynter is this: “All news organizations should call out falsehoods in everyday coverage of speeches, campaign commercials and political debates. Noting the accuracy of a political claim should be as standard as including someone’s hometown or party affiliation.”
This campaign is like no other. One of the candidates continually repeats known falsehoods, and Poynter says it’s now up to reporters to point out lies as part of their reporting.
Read the entire Poynter piece here. Should make for some interesting morning meeting discussion in your newsroom!
Posted by Tim Morrissey