Can news media be trusted to inform us accurately?
Axis: trustworthy ... distorting / untrustworthy
John
| date | change | position | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-01-12 | new | John says wars without clear good and bad sides, like most current African wars, get little news coverage because they don't make an easy story. | SOMALI PIRATES! France Penetrates Chad! 00:00:32 |
| 2012-07-17 | restate | John says TV wants simple, sensational stories, but the truth resists simplicity; he'll stick with YouTube. | Hitler and Sex! 00:03:23 |
Hank
| date | change | position | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-10-22 | new | Hank says news media isn't hard to fool and never has been; hoaxes are nothing new. | The Top 10 Greatest Hoaxes of All Time 00:00:00 |
| 2009-12-31 | restate | In the song Hank says cable news chased dumb stories in 2009 (celebrity scandals, Palin, swine flu hype, Balloon Boy) while important events went underplayed. | The STUPIDEST NEWS STORIES of 2009 (a song) 00:01:09 |