Accuracy in Media

In an interview with The New York Times on Wednesday, CNN Worldwide president Jeff Zucker said that President Trump is trying to bully the cable news network and that he wasn’t going to let Trump intimidate his employees. “My job is to remind everyone that they need to stay focused doing their job. He’s trying […]

The top trending topic on Twitter this morning is #CNNBlackmail after users reacted to a perceived threat the network made against the Reddit user who created the GIF, that was later turned into a video and retweeted by President Trump showing him body slamming CNN. CNN’s Andrew Kaczynski of the network’s KFILE managed to track down […]

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 […]

CNN’s Jake Tapper was asked about media bias during an “Ask Me Anything” session with Reddit users on Wednesday: Do you believe there is bias in mainstream media? If yes, which way does it slant and which networks? Yes I do, but I also think it’s more complicated than just liberal bias. I think there are […]