Journalistic Issues

New York Times media columnist Ben Smith unfurled a scoop on Monday from inside the newsroom of The Washington Post. In 2018, at the height of the confirmation wars over the Brett Kavanaugh nomination to the Supreme Court, “legendary” Nixon-ruining Post reporter Bob Woodward was going to disclose that Kavanaugh had been anonymous source for one of his books.

ABC’s, CBS’s and NBC’s evening news shows continue to ignore great market news when it steams past their coronavirus panic and has even the slightest chance of making President Donald Trump’s economy look robust.

“Huge, if true.” Those are three of the most rare words used by the media today. For those who have not turned on the news recently, NASCAR called the FBI to investigate a potential hate crime committed against the only black driver in the sport, Bubba Wallace, when it was claimed a noose was found in his team's garage.

A friend of ours – let’s just call him a Senior Journalism Official – sent along an essay by Kevin Lerner, a liberal-leaning professor at Marist College. At the website The Conversation, Lerner wrote an article headlined “Journalists believe news and opinion are separate, but readers can’t tell the difference.”

A noticeable pattern is emerging in Spanish-language media, as it goes full-throttle after the much-coveted young Latino voter demographic. And much to Telemundo’s surprise, not everyone aligns with the preset immigration narrative. Watch this Telemundo correspondent’s “are you kidding me” vibe as she interviews two young DACA beneficiaries who support President Trump:

For those looking for any good news in the market, don’t rely on the lead ABC, CBS, or NBC evening newscasts to cover it consistently for you, especially when it really matters. The Nasdaq Composite, which is dominated by big technology companies like Apple, Amazon Microsoft and Facebook, “briefly topped the 10000 milestone for the first time Tuesday,” The Wall Street…