Accuracy in Media

Huh? This is what he told CBS’s John Dickerson on Face the Nation: “No, it doesn’t,” the president responded with a chuckle. “Terrorism is a real threat. And nobody knows that better than me.” “One of the best ways of preventing it is making sure that we don’t divide our own country, that we don’t […]

Grasping for straws? A CBS News’ article, which highlighted an interview with Obama on their Face the Nation program, said that Obama is trying to counter Trump’s “dark” worldview.

The Washington Post Fact Checker will surely earn the enmity of liberals after backing up Sen. Marco Rubio’s recent claim that gun laws wouldn’t have prevented the recent mass shootings and earning a rare Gepetto. “None of the major shootings that have occurred in this country over the last few months or years that have […]

After San Bernardino, why not have your students protect themselves?

Relying on Reddit users for statistics is not very reliable: Newsrooms have been quick to claim that there have been 355 mass shootings in America so far this year, but they’ve ignored that this statistic comes from an anonymous Internet group with an entirely arbitrary definition of “mass shooting.” “The statistics now being highlighted in […]