Saturday, March 2, 2013

FAIR TV: Sequester Spin, Iranian vs. U.S. Propaganda, Stop & Frisk Factcheck

Click here if you wish to access source of 4:54m video by Peter Hart from Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting.

I especially liked the first half where the program focused on mainstream media's coverage of cuts to social programs which contrasted sharply from their coverage of cuts to military spending.
This week we take a look at how the Washington Post challenges some sequester spin. And CBS pokes fun at Iranian claims about Argo–but are the Iranians right that Argo is fiction? Plus George Will has some thoughts about stop-and-frisk policing.