Fact Check Friday is a weekly segment dedicated to revealing how the mainstream media is manipulating the information they report. I separate the facts from fiction so you can make informed decisions.
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Fact Check Friday Segments
August 13, 2021 – Look at what the Church gives us in the media. (Begins at 25:54). Mentioned on the broadcast: Inter merifica by Pope Paul VI, The Rapid Development by Pope St. John Paul II, World Communications Day Statements since 1967.
July 30, 2021 – NPR announces new rules allowing reporters to take part in demonstrations for the “freedom and dignity of human beings.” (Begins at 25:47)
July 23, 2021 – Discerning media messages, especially how the secular press covers Catholics. (Begins at 25:48)
July 16, 2021 – Ex-Planned Parenthood CEO Is Not ‘Pro-Choice’ When It Comes To Vaccine Mandates (Begins at 26:12)
July 2, 2021 – America Ranks Dead Last Among 46 Countries in Media Trust. (Begins at 25:50)
June 4, 2021 – The Wuhan lab-leak theory concerning COVID-19 and the media’s complete lack of interest. (Begins at 24:34)
May 28, 2021 – 60 Minutes’ story about transgender youth “de-transitioning”, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfood refusing to give interviews to white reporters (Begins at 23:49)
May 21, 2021 – Fact Checkers, Lack of Knowledge, & Confirmation Bias (Begins at 25:55)
May 14, 2021 – News Producers Insisting on Pre-Conceived Story Ideas v. the Real Story. (Begins at 25:48)
May 7, 2021 – Staffing of News Outlets v. Quality Journalism v. Ad Revenue (Begins at 25:47)
April 23, 2021 – NBC Deceptive Editing of 911 Call of Police Shooting (Begins at 25:54)
April 16, 2021 – The latest revelations about CNN from James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas (Begins at 23:44)
March 26, 2021 – Teresa Analyzes President Biden’s First Press Conference (Begins at 25:47)
March 12, 2021 – The Importance of Doing Your Best to Make a Difference (Begins at 25:47)
February 26, 2021 – How the Media Are Not Covering Andrew Cuomo (Begins at 44:00)
February 5, 2021 – Journalism 101: Don’t Be Lazy, Go Out To The Story (Begins at 25:47)
December 4, 2020 – If It Bleeds It Leads: The Impact of the Media’s Doomsday COVID Coverage (Begins at 34:45)
November 20, 2020 – Election Questions That Need Answered (Begins at 42:26)
November 6, 2020 – How the News Media Have Abandoned the Most Basic of Journalistic Principles (Begins at 41:29)
October 30, 2020 – Who is Watching the Watchdogs? (Begins at 34:47)
October 23, 2020 – Sins of Omission
October 16, 2020 – Social Media Companies & Censorship
Recommended Reading:
Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics
Click the Graphic to be Taken Directly to the SPJ Code
Media Distortion Examples
October 2020
- CBS News’ John Dickerson on Hunter Biden laptop scandal: ‘Joe Biden has an ally in the news cycle’
- GovTrack.US: Kamala Harris is the most liberal politician in the U.S. Senate (How the press covers up a candidate’s record)
- Glenn Greenwald on resigning from his own publication due to censorship (A journalist explaining the media censorship in his own co-founded organization)
- And the accompanying Article on Joe and Hunter Biden Censored By The Intercept
