It's high time for media to enter the No Kellyanne Zone -- and stay there

[douglas9]

Lies are coming at the American public in torrents — raining down on them everywhere they turn.

A report prepared for the Senate Intelligence Committee, and obtained by The Washington Post, made that breathtakingly clear over the weekend. The intentional spreading of disinformation on every platform — from Facebook all the way to PayPal — should frighten everyone who cares about democracy.

One place that truth can prevail is in the reality-based news media, where editorial judgment comes into play.

That means it’s more important than ever not to give falsehoods a megaphone there.

Which brings us to Chris Cuomo’s 39-minute interview Thursday with Kellyanne Conway, President Trump’s top dissembler.

It should have been no surprise that Conway — who coined the immortal phrase “alternative facts” in early 2017 — blithely spun her way through the interview.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/its-high-time-for-media-to-enter-the-no-kellyanne-zone--and-stay-there/2018/12/17/17f3c3c2-01ff-11e9-b5df-5d3874f1ac36_story.html

[dlk]

1. It's Not News, It's Infotainment - That's the Problem

It's all about the profits for shareholders. Reporting on the facts comes afterwards.

[zipplewrath]

2. I've been after this for years

There are irritating commentators, and their are commentators that are lousy prognosticators. But then there are those that take spin into the falsehood zone and I don't understand why they continue to pay them, and give them air time. It's not about agreeing with them, it is about them being consistent, and some level of honesty. George Will is an irritating, self righteous prick. But generally he is consistent and relatively honest, at least to the degree that he believes what he says. But Newt Gingrich is one of those "say whatever to be provocative and disagreeable" types that I don't understand why they bother.

There was a magazine way back when called Brill's Content that "scored" the prognostications of the Sunday Show commentators. It was really shocking how bad they were. As I recall, Will was one of the worst. It seemed to have no effect on anyone's job.

[CTyankee]

3. Mika banned her from MJ over a year ago.

She said Kellyanne "just tells lies."