Jun 4, 2024

What other kind IS there????

 FACT BASED JOURNALISM

The Neiman Lab has an interesting column about that phrase, concluding that there is no other kind of journalism. It's either fact based, or NOT journalism at all!

"The increasing usage of the term corresponds with the beginning of Trump’s presidency. Given this timing, we next conducted a parallel search of the term “fake news.” Our suspicion was that the term “fact-based journalism” arose in response to the rise of the notion of “fake news” that so dominated the discourse around journalism and politics during the Trump presidency. The results support our hypothesis.

HERE is the full report.

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