WNYC's Brian Lehrer and Brooke Gladstone were the MCs at It's a Free Country's State of the Union Party.
(Stephen Nessen/WNYC)
This seems to be the election of the fact-checker, with the media becoming more emboldened to hold politicians accountable for their misleading statements. But we've also seen some fact-check-creep. Brooke went on WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show to discuss what exactly a "fact" is, and why some organizations feel pressure to label traditional news analysis fact-checking. Take a listen below, and listen to the OTM segment on fact-checking here.
Jody Avirgan started two days before The Brian Lehrer Show won a Peabody, and he is taking full credit. He comes to WNYC from WFUV, where he produced "Cityscape" with the great George Bodarky. He's worked for KQED Radio in San Francisco, is a founder of Longshot Radio, and has produced pieces that have aired here and there and everywhere.
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Comments [1]
I found your story on Fact Checking to be very interesting. But after reading Mark Hemingway’s column and the “checking the fact checkers” piece in the October 1 edition of the Weekly Standard it seems to be nothing more than an exercise in creditability boosting for organizations trying to maintain an impossible position “we are unbiased”.
To listen to Ira Glass painfully proclaim that we are investing in independent fact checking for every story to ensure accuracy can be interrupted in the light of Mark Hemingway’s story as nothing more than political cover for Ira and staff.
I would love to hear a “Fact Checkers part II” with Mark Hemingway and Ira exploring and debating the roll of the fact checker in today’s media.
Thanks
Larry Morris, Annapolis MD
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