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Can Commun Dis Rep. 2020 Nov 5;46(1112):432-435. doi: 10.14745/ccdr.v46i1112a11. eCollection 2020 Nov 5.

ABSTRACT

Misinformation and disinformation (fake news) about vaccines are contagious-travelling faster and farther than truth. The consequences are serious; leading to negative impacts on health decisions, including vaccine acceptance, and on trust in immunization advice from public health and/or healthcare professional. This article provides a brief overview of evidence-based strategies to address vaccine deniers in public, in clinical practice and in social situations. As well, a strategy to help differentiate between vaccine deniers and simple vaccine refusers in a practice or clinic is provided. Five tactics are widely used by vaccine deniers: conspiracy; fake experts; selectivity; impossible expectations; and misrepresentation and false logic. Recognizing and understanding these tactics can help protect against misinformation and science denialism propaganda. Highlighting the strong medical science consensus on the safety and effectiveness of vaccines also helps. Carefully and wisely choosing what to say and speaking up-whether you are at a dinner party, out with friends or in your medical office or clinic-is crucial. Not speaking up implies you agree with the misinformation. Having healthcare providers recognize and address misinformation using evidence-based strategies is of growing importance as the arrival of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines is expected to further ramp up the vaccine misinformation and disinformation rhetoric. Healthcare providers must prepare themselves and act now to combat the vaccine misinformation tsunami.

PMID:33447164 | PMC:PMC7799877 | DOI:10.14745/ccdr.v46i1112a11

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Fake news and science denier attacks on vaccines. What can you do? - DocWire News

>> THAT IS WHAT I WAS TOLD. >> IT IS TIME TO GO "ON THE RECORD" WITH WRAL NEWS. >> GOOD EVENING AT THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR "ON THE RECORD", I AM DEBRA MORGAN. TONIGHT A DISCUSSION THE HITS CLOSE TO HOME, THE GOING DISTRESS OF THE MEDIA AND HOW THE EROSION OF FAITH IN JOURNALISM IMPACTS OUR DEMOCRACY. WE EXPLORE WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO CALL THE PRESS FAKE NEWS, PHRASE PRESIDENT TRUMP UTTERED OFTEN WHILE IN THE WHITE HOUSE. EVEN DECLARED THE MEDIA THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE. FOR WE REACH OUT TO OUR PANEL OF EXPERTS WE START WITH JOE FISHER WITH A LOOK AT HOW IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO ONE THAT TRUST BACK EVEN WITH A NEW PRESIDENT AND OFFICE. >> Reporter: RIDERS WHO STORM THE U.S. CAPITAL LEFT THIS MARK ON THE DOOR. SHOWING THE DISTRUST FELT BY SOME ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND TOWERING OVER THIS ROAD IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. >> ULA DOING YOUR JOB. >> Reporter: THIS MAN IS CONVINCED THAT PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP -- WON THE ELECTION. >> ALL THE STUFF ABOUT BE IN A FAIR ELECTION IS HOGWASH, WILL NEVER BELIEVE IT. >> Reporter: HE IS NOT ALONE IN BELIEVING BALLOT FRAUD IN GEORGIA, IN SPITE OF INVESTIGATIONS THAT FOUND NO EVIDENCE AND REJECTIONS OF THOSE CLAIMS BY MULTIPLE JUDGES. >> I WANT TO SEE MORE EVIDENCE, STATE-BY-STATE NOT JUST GEORGIA. BUT, IF NOTHING ELSE, AN AIR OF SUSPICION LEAVING 70 TO 80 MILLION PEOPLE VERY ANGRY AND VERY UPSET. >> Reporter: A CONSERVATIVE CAMPAIGN STRATEGIST SAYS HE HAS LOST TRUST IN THE MEDIA'S ABILITY TO BE OBJECTIVE. >> MORE PARROTING, MORE HEADLINES, BUMPER STICKER QUOTES AND BURNING THROUGH STUFF WITHOUT DEPTH, THAT IS WHAT I THINK UPSETS A LOT OF INTELLIGENT PEOPLE THAT WANT TO KNOW MORE OF THE TRUE STORY. TO MAKE YOUR FAKE NEWS. >> Reporter: DR. DANIEL CREASES POLITICIANS OF LONG TRIED TO DISCREDIT REPORTERS, BUT THE RHETORIC, HE SAYS, HAS BEEN AMPLIFIED UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP. >> POLITICIANS ARE CAPITALIZING ON THE FACT THAT AMERICANS ARE MORE PARTISAN THAN THEY WERE 20, 30, 40 YEARS AGO. DELEGITIMIZING THOSE DEPENDENT VOICES THAT ARE WORKING TO HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE IS TO A POLITICIAN, GAME. >> Reporter: USES THE RISE OF CABLE TV, INDEPENDENT WEBSITES, AND SOCIAL MEDIA HAVE BLURRED THE LINES BETWEEN NEWS AND OPINION. >> WE ARE SICK AND TIRED OF BEING TOLD HALF-TRUTHS, TOTAL, BLATANT LIES. >> Reporter: HE SAYS THE TERM FAKE NEWS MIGHT BE STICKING AROUND. BUT SO IS JOURNALISM. ONE OF THE PILLARS TO OUR GREAT DEMOCRACY. >> I THINK LAST WEEK WAS A DEEP WAKE-UP CALL. I HOPE THAT WE WILL SEE SOME NEW WAYS TO COME TOGETHER TO CLEARLY REJECT THESE ANTIDEMOCRATIC THREATS, AND BUILD A COMMON LIFE MOVING FORWARD. >> Reporter: I AM JOE FISHER, WRAL NEWS. >> JOE WILL JOIN US IN A FEW MINUTES HOW HE GOES ABOUT HIS JOB AS A REPORTER TO ENSURE FAIRNESS. WILL ALSO HEAR MORE FROM ONE OF THE PEOPLE YOU SAW, WHO IS LOST TRUST IN THE MEDIA. AND PAT McCRORY WHO NOW HAS A DAILY RADIO TALK SHOW IN CHARLOTTE. FIRST, WITH TREMENDOUS INSIGHT INTO THIS ISSUE, SUSAN KING AT UNC, DEAN KING, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. >> THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME. >> WITHIN HOURS OF THE ATTACK AT THE CAPITOL, YOU SENT A MESSAGE TO THE ALUMNI DATABASE STRESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF A FREE PRESS AND THE ROLE IT PLAYS IN THE DEMOCRACY, SAYING, QUOTE, DEMOCRACY IS FRAGILE AND THE LIFEBLOOD IS A ROBUST AND INDEPENDENT MEDIA. HOW ARE THE MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY INTERTWINED? >> I GUESS I HAVE ALWAYS FELT SUCH A PRIVILEGE TO BE A JOURNALIST, BECAUSE A JOB WITH THE FIRST AMENDMENT BEHIND US. THE FOUNDING FATHERS BELIEVED IN THE ROLE OF THE PRESS AND THOSE GREAT QUOTES FROM JESPERSEN, WHAT YOU WANT TO HAVE? BETTER REPORTERS OR NOXIOUS REPORTERS, OR NO REPORTERS? HE DECIDED TO HAVE REPORTERS. IT HELPS TO KEEP US ON OUR TOES , SOMEONE HAS TO ASK TOUGH QUESTIONS. JOURNALISTS DO THAT. >> MANY AMERICANS BELIEVE THE MEDIA IS BIASED AND TRYING TO PUSH AN AGENDA, SOME BELIEVING THE MEDIA IS TRYING TO RUIN THE COUNTRY. IS THE MEDIA TO BLAME FOR THE POLITICAL DIVIDE? >> I THINK WE HAVE SEEN THE TRUST IN THE MEDIA ERODE FOR MANY YEARS NOW. IT IS THAT A REAL HIGH POINT, AND AS DEAN OF A JOURNALISM SCHOOL, I FEEL PART OF MY JOB IS TO TRY TO REBUILD THAT TRUST. AND REALLY ACCESS THE VALUE. I HAVE PARTNERED WITH JOURNALIST IN ARKANSAS, AND WE STAND BY THE VALUES THAT SAY THERE MUST NOT BE -- THERE ARE OPINIONS, AND THERE IS SEXUAL FACTUAL REPORTING, AND WE HAVE TO BRING INTO OUR STUDENTS THE IDEA OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A JOURNALIST SERVING THE PUBLIC AND BRINGING THEM THE TRUTH IS WE LEARNED BECAUSE WE ARE TRUTH SEEKERS. WE DON'T REALLY HOLD OURSELVES TO THE ULTIMATE TRUTH. >> YOU WANT TO ASK YOU MORE ABOUT THAT IN OUR NEXT SEGMENT. FOR NOW, IN YOUR LETTER TO THE ALUMNI, HE ALSO WROTE, THIS PARTISAN ERA IN AMERICA HAS LED TO MANY LOSING TRUST IN JOURNALISM, AND THE PRESIDENT HAS SPENT FOUR YEARS TEARING DOWN OUR SYSTEM OF A FREE PRESS. HOW MUCH OF THIS LACK OF TRUST IS THE MEDIA'S FAULT? AND WOULD PRESIDENT TRUMP HAVE ANY POWER TO CALL THE MEDIA "FAKE NEWS" OF PEOPLE DIDN'T FIND SOME TRUTH TO THAT? >> THERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN PEOPLE WHO HAVE SAID USES CERTAIN PHRASES PEOPLE STARTED TO BELIEVE IT IF IT IS SET OFTEN ENOUGH. I THINK THAT THE PROFESSOR WHO YOU HAD IN THE PIECE BEFORE EXPLAINED IT ALSO WELL. THERE'S A BLURRING RIGHT NOW. I CONSIDER CABLE NEWS AT NIGHT, WHICH I WATCH, NEWS. I SEE OPINION FROM DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW, AND EYES GO ACROSS THE AISLE. ITS REAL OPINION, AND YET PEOPLE THINK THEY'RE WATCHING THE NEWS. SOCIAL MEDIA IS ALL OF THE BLOCK. THERE IS A LOT OF CONFUSION ABOUT IT, I UNDERSTAND WHY THE PUBLIC MAY BE CONFUSED. MORE THAN WE HAVE EVER HAD BEFORE, BUT WE GET MIXED UP WITH REPORTING. OPINION IS ONE THING, REPORTING IS ANOTHER. >> WE COULD DO ANOTHER PROGRAM ON SOCIAL MEDIA. HOW DOES SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCE THE DISSEMINATION OF TRUTHFUL INFORMATION? >> IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU GET. OUR STUDENTS ALL GET THEIR NEWS FROM THE TELEPHONE, RIGHT? TO THE NOWHERE THIS COMING FROM? IT COMES ACROSS AS A HEADLINE. TO THEY KNOW IF IT IS -- THE STUDY DONE BY GALLUP FOUND THAT MORE PEOPLE BELIEVED IN LOCAL TELEVISION MEDIA. THEY WATCH YOU EVERY NIGHT. THEY KNOW WHO YOU ARE, THEY MAY KNOW YOUR BIASES. THE PROBLEM I FIND IS THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GETTING THIS INFORMATION. REAL MISINFORMATION, ORGANIZED AND PROPAGANDA IS WHAT YOU WOULD'VE CALLED IN WORLD WAR II. THAT IS COMING ACROSS AS A STORY OR A HEADLINE. SO, WE TRY TO ALSO TEACH ALL OF OUR STUDENTS ACROSS THE CAMPUS TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO READ THE MEDIA. BECAUSE THERE IS SOME VERY BIASED MEDIA, THERE IS SOME VERY POLITICAL MEDIA, AND SOME NEWS WERE PEOPLE TRYING TO REALLY GRAPPLE WITH THE TRUTH. >> I HAVE THAT STUDY RIGHT HERE, I HAVE BEEN READING IT DILIGENTLY. >> WAY! >> LOOKING AT TRUST IN THE MEDIA. ONES SHOWS THAT AMERICANS TRUST LOCAL NEWS MORE THE NATIONAL NEW. WHAT YOU THINK THAT IS? >> THEY IDENTIFY WITH THE PEOPLE GIVING THEM THE NEWS AND THEY GET TO BE WITH THEM EVERY DAY. THEY DON'T KNOW WHO IS TELLING THE NEWS OFTEN ON THE OTHER. BUT SOMETIMES, WHAT REALLY WORRIES ME ABOUT THAT STUDY, I THINK WE HAVE TO FACE UP TO HIS REPUBLICANS ARE MORE WORRIED ABOUT THE NEWS THE DEMOCRATS. DEMOCRATS SAY THEY CAN BELIEVE IT, AND THE BIGGEST ISSUE FOR ME IS YOUNG PEOPLE. PEOPLE WHO ARE OVER 65 HAVE A FAVORABLE VIEW OF THE NEW. THOSE UNDER 30, 19% SAID THEY HAVE A FAVORABLE NEWS VIEW. WHAT ARE WE BUILDING GOING FORWARD? I AM DEDICATED TO REALLY GOING TO REBUILD TRUST IN THE MEDIA, AND TO FIGHT FOR IT. WHICH IS WHY PUT THAT STATEMENT OUT. I THINK THE MEDIA DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB IN THE LEAST REVEALING TO US REVEALING WHAT WAS GOING ON DURING A VERY CHAOTIC AFTERNOON. >> I WANT TO ASK YOU SO MUCH MORE ABOUT THIS, AND YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IN THE NEXT SEGMENT, TO. REPUBLICANS ARE MORE LIKELY TO DISTRUST THE MEDIA, THAT IS ACCORDING TO THIS REPORT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. WE ASKED FOUR REPUBLICANS, McCRORY WHY THAT IS, COMING UP. >> WELCOME BACK TO "ON THE RECORD", I AM DEBRA MORGAN. WERE TALKING ABOUT FAITH AND TRUST IN THE ROLE IT PLAYS IN OUR DEMOCRACY. FOR ANYONE WITH AN EXTENDED INTEREST, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CHECK OUT IN AUGUST 2020 STUDY FROM THE GALLUP FOUNDATION, IT MEASURED 20,000 AMERICANS ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE MEDIA. ONE OF THEIR METRICS, AMERICANS PERCEPTIONS OF POLITICAL BIAS IN THE NEWS BY POLITICAL PARTY. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS GRAPHIC. 46% OF AMERICANS OVERALL BELIEVE THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF BIAS IN NEWS COVERAGE BY PARTIES, THE NUMBERS LOWER AMONG DEMOCRATS A 27%. NEARLY HALF OF INDEPENDENTS AND TWO THIRDS OF REPUBLICANS AT 60%. IN AN EFFORT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THIS GREATER DISTRUST AMONG REPUBLICANS, WE INVITED TWO PANELISTS YOU'VE SEEN OVER THE YEARS ON WRAL, PAT McCRORY AND CAMPAIGN SYNERGIST STEVE XAVIER. GOVERNOR YOU HAVE UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE, YOU NOW HAVE A DAILY RADIO TALK SHOW IN CHARLOTTE. AS WE LOOK AT THE RESULTS OF THIS STUDY CAN YOU TELL US WHY REPUBLICANS ARE MORE LIKELY TO DISTRUST THE MEDIA? >> LET ME FIRST SAY, NOW THAT I HAVE BEEN IN THE MEDIA ON A RADIO TALK SHOW AND I DO MEET THE PRESS ABOUT EVERY TWO MONTHS FOR THE LAST TWO OR THREE YEARS, I HAVE REALIZED THERE IS A SIMILARITY BETWEEN POLITICIANS AND THE MEDIA. THEY BOTH HAVE THIN SKIN, THEY'RE BOTH RATHER NARCISSISTIC, AND THEY'RE BOTH IN A BUSINESS OF SPEAKING TO THEIR BASE. BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO RESPOND TO WHAT THE BASE SAYS, BECAUSE THAT IS HOW THE REVENUES DERIVED. SO THE FIRST THING YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU'RE IN MEDIA, IT IS A BUSINESS. AND THEY HAVE TO PAY THEIR BILLS. AND THAT MAY ALSO SHOW THE BIAS IN THE NARRATIVE OF THE STORIES THAT ARE PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC. IN WHATEVER LOCATION THE MAJORITY MIGHT BE IN THE AREA. SO YES, I BELIEVE, IS A REPUBLICAN, THE MAJORITY OF MEDIA TENDS TO BE MORE LIBERAL BIASED, BUT ALSO THE MEDIA IS VERY SEGREGATED. IN THEIR OWN SILOS, ESPECIALLY ON CABLE TV, WHERE THE LIBERALS ARE LISTENING TO LIBERALS COME THE CONSERVATIVES ARE LISTENING TO CONSERVATIVES. AND NO ONE IS HEARING BOTH SIDES. WHICH I THINK IS VERY DANGEROUS TO OUR DEMOCRACY, REGARDING THE SEGREGATION OF MEDIA AND THE AUDIENCE IT REACHES OUT AND THE NARRATIVE SET IN THAT MEDIA TO THE AUDIENCE THEY KNOW THEY DON'T WANT TO LOSE IN ORDER TO MAKE PROFIT. >> STEPHEN, WE HEARD YOU TALKING ABOUT YOU DISTRUST OF THE MEDIA, IS THIS NEW FOR YOU OR HAVE YOU FELT THIS WAY FOR SOMETIME? >> FOR SOMETIME. I THINK SUSAN RAISED A COUPLE OF GREAT POINTS, I WILL CAPTURE ONE ABOUT BLURRING THE LINES. AND ALSO THE GOVERNORS SIMILAR POINT. I THINK THE ISSUE, IS THAT PEOPLE ARE TAKING THE TALKING HEADS AND THE PUNDITS VERY LITERALLY AS THOUGH THEIR EXPERTS, MANY TIMES THEY'RE NOT. ALTHOUGH DON LEMON AND SEAN HANNITY MAY LOOK LIKE THEIR NEWSPEOPLE THEY'RE NOT. THEIR PUNDITS AND EACH HAS THEIR OWN EXTREME BY. ISLAND IN THE MIDDLE AND LISTEN TO THE MORE OBJECTIVE, BUT THE POINT THIS IS AN AND THE GOVERNOR MADE, ONE OF THE ISSUES GOING BACK TO THE GOVERNOR'S COMMENT ABOUT WHY SO MANY REPUBLICANS FEEL THERE SUCH BIAS IN THE MEDIA IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE FOX NEWS AND EVERYBODY ELSE. IT IS SO OVERWHELMING, LIBERAL VERSUS CONSERVATIVE, THE PEOPLE ON THE RIGHT SIDE, IF YOU WILL, FEEL THAT WAY. AND ONLY RECENTLY, TWO NETWORKS ARE UP AND RUNNING. BUT THEY'RE JUST COMING OUT OF THAT HIGH SCHOOL THEATRICAL KIND OF LOOK, THEY'RE NOT AS PROFESSIONALS FOX NEWS. IT HAS A WAYS TO GO BEFORE THE OVERWHELMING FEELING IS OVERCOME BY REPUBLICANS OR CONSERVATIVES TO LISTEN TO THE NEW. >> GOVERNOR YOU ARE IN OFFICE WHEN HB TO BRETT LGBTQ WRITES TO THE FOREFRONT, HOW DID THE MEDIA TREAT YOU THEN? >> VERY POORLY. FIRST OF ALL, MOST OF THE MEDIA NEVER READ THE BILL. THERE WAS ONLY FIVE PAGES, I COULD TELL BY THE INTERVIEWS AND NO ONE EVEN UNDERSTOOD THE BILL AND KNEW THAT HALF OF IT HAD TO DO WITH MINIMUM WAGE AND CITY ABILITY TO MAKE LAWS OUTSIDE OF THE STATE. THAT IS REALLY WHAT THE BILL WAS ABOUT, BUT THEY FOCUSED ON THE ORIENTATION ASPECT OF IT, WHICH BRINGS MORE VIEWERS. AND THAT WAS VERY DISCOURAGING TO ME. PLUS, I SPENT MAYBE .2% OF MY TIME ON THAT DURING MY FOUR YEARS AS GOVERNOR, AS OPPOSED TO THE MORE COMPLEX ISSUE OF DOING THE BUDGET, HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH HEALTHCARE OVERRUNS, HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH TRANSPORTATION ISSUES? THE MEDIA WAS NOT INTERESTED IN THOSE ISSUES AT THE LOCAL, STATE, OR NATIONAL LEVEL. THEY WERE INTERESTED IN THE ISSUES THAT BROUGHT MORE CLICKS AND MORE VIEWERS. AND THAT WAS VERY DISCOURAGING, BECAUSE 99.9% OF MY TIME WAS NOT SPENT ON THE ISSUES OF THE MEDIA COVERED. I SPENT A LOT OF STUDY TIME ON VERY COMPLEX ISSUES THAT MAYORS AND GOVERNORS AND THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH HAS TO DEAL WITH. FRANKLY, THE MEDIA IS NOT INTERESTED BECAUSE IT IS BORING. THAT'S A REAL PROBLEM WITH THE MEDIA RIGHT NOW. BUT THAT IS THE BUSINESS SIDE OF THE MEDIA. THEY WANT CLICKS NOW. >> I WANT TO BRING THE SUSAN KING BACK INTO THE CONVERSATION NOW, YOU ARE THE HEAD OF A VERY RESPECTED JOURNALISM SCHOOL. PEOPLE RESPECT YOU, HOW DO YOU TEACH STUDENTS SO THEY CAN BE TRUSTED JOURNALISTS? IS IT HARD TO PUT THEIR BIAS ASIDE? >> I AM GOING TO SAY, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE OF WHERE THEY SEE, YES I THINK IT IS. I WILL PUT IT A DIFFERENT WAY. I DEFINITELY THINK SOME EVENING SHOWS ARE PLAYING TO THE BASE, AS YOU SAY. SEAN HANNITY, DON LEMON, THEY HAVE THE BASE. BUT I DON'T THINK RAL IS, I THINK THEIR PLANE TO THEIR COMMUNITY AND REALLY GREAT JOURNALISM ORGANIZATIONS, WHO IS THE AUDIENCE AND HOW CAN WE SERVE THEM AND WHERE TRYING TO DEVELOP JOURNALISTS WHO WILL REALLY SERVE THEIR COMMUNITY. I THINK THIS YOUNG GENERATION IS ALSO MUCH MORE AWARE OF THEIR IDENTITY, THERE IS SO MUCH THEY GROW UP WITH, FACEBOOK, THEY HAVE STUFF HANGING OUT FROM THE TIME THEY ARE 14. INSTAGRAM ETC. WE ARE TRYING TO TEACH THEM THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE A REPORTER, YOU DON'T ERASE -- I WAS THE FIRST WOMAN IN EVERY NEWSROOM I WAS IN. I WASN'T GOING TO BE THE WOMAN REPORTER, BUT I WAS BRINGING MY PERSPECTIVE. I SEE STORIES THAT THE GUYS DID NOT SEE. BELIEVED I COULD FIND WHEN I CAN INTERVIEW. BUT I WAS THERE TO TELL YOU WHAT I LEARNED, NOT WHAT I THOUGHT YOU OUGHT TO KNOW. IF I WAS AN OPINION PERSON I WOULD PROBABLY BE MAKING MORE MONEY LIKE SEAN HANNITY, BUT THAT WAS NOT MY JOB. SO WE'RE TRYING TO DEVELOP TO MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FACT AND OPINION, AND THEY UNDERSTAND THE ROLE, BUT NOT TO A RACE WHETHER THEY'RE BLACK OR HISPANIC OR . LGBTQ, OR WOMAN. BUT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY PUT ON THAT JACKET, THAT WHITE COAT OF OBJECTIVITY, TO TELL THE PUBLIC WHAT THEY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WHAT THE ARGUMENTS ARE. NOT WHAT TO THINK. >> ONE ADDITIONAL THING, THE PROTESTERS, AM SO GLAD THERE IS FOLLOW-UP ON WHO THE HECK THESE PROTESTERS ARE IN DC. AND WHO THEY ARE AND WHERE THEY COME FROM. THAT'S GOOD. BUT EVERY DAY WHEN I WAS GOVERNOR, THERE WERE FIVE OR SIX PROTESTERS AND THEY WOULD COME RIGHT AT THE TIME OF THE 6:00 NEWS, THE MINUTE THE CAMERAS LEFT, THEY LEFT. BUT THEY GOT THIS TV TIME AND NO ONE EVER KNEW WHO WAS COORDINATING THOSE PROTESTERS. AND THAT IS PART OF THE NEW STORY THAT IS BEING LEFT OUT AT THE LOCAL AND STATE LEVEL, IS WHO ARE THE PROTESTERS? WHO IS PAYING FOR THEM? TRANSPORTATION, COORDINATION, THE SIGNS? BECAUSE THERE'S USUALLY A POLITICAL AGENDA BEHIND EVERY PROTESTING GROUP LIBERAL AND CONSERVATIVE. AND THE POLITICIANS KNOW WHO THEY ARE, I THINK THE MEDIA DOES TOO, BUT THE MEDIA NEEDS TO CONVEY THAT MORE TO THE AUDIENCE. WITH A COVER EITHER LOCAL, STATE, OR FEDERAL PROTEST. I'M FINALLY GLAD TO SUSAN PROTESTERS CALLED OUT. IN AMERICA, WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE THAT MAKE PRETTY RADICAL COMMENTS OR DESTROY PROPERTY? >> AS DEAN KING SAID, THIS WEEK, MARKING 28 YEARS HERE AT WRAL, GOT INTO THIS BECAUSE I WANT TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND ANSWER COMMUNITY QUESTIONS TO ASK DEEP, PROBING QUESTIONS TO GET TO THE HEART OF THE ISSUE. I HOPE WE CAN. AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN, GO THROUGH ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO, AS WE WRAP UP, ASK A QUESTION OF ALL OF YOU. WHAT CAN THE MEDIA DO TO EARN BACK TRUST? GOVERNOR, YOU FIRST. >> I THINK THE FIRST THING THEY NEED TO DO IS GIVE A BROAD PERSPECTIVE OF COMPLEX ISSUES. AND NOT MAKE IT BLACK AND WHITE ISSUES, BECAUSE MOST COMPLEX ISSUES HAVE FIVE OR SIX SIDES TO THEM, NOT JUST TWO SIDES TO THEM. AND THE NEED TO FOCUS ON LONG- TERM ISSUES. THAN SHORT-TERM 24 HOURS NEW CYCLE ISSUES. >> STEPHEN, WHAT DO YOU THINK? >> I WOULD HINGE ON A POINT THAT SUSAN RAISED, I HAVE A 16- YEAR-OLD AND A 20-YEAR-OLD. I THINK THEIR GENERATION AND THE TWO BEFORE THEM IS BECOME SUCH AN INSATIABLE APPETITE, AND APPETITE THAT HE SATISFACTION RIGHT NOW. I THINK THAT IS TRANSLATING INTO A LOT OF THE YOUNG JOURNALISTS THAT WE SEE OUT THERE. THE 20 SOMETHINGS AND 30 SOMETHINGS ARE NOT TAKING THE TIME TO DIG IN AND DELVE INTO THE STORY OBJECTIVELY, AND FIND THE FACTS AND REPORT JUST THE FACTS. VISIT BACK IN THE DAY, JUST THE FACTS, MAN. >>> DANA KANG? >> EVERY DAY THEY GO OUT AND TRY TO TELL THE TRUTH IF THEY'RE ABLE TO FIND IT? WE HAVE A MOMENT IN THIS COUNTRY WERE DIVIDED. I HOPE WE ARE NOT HEADED FOR CIVIL WAR, IT IS BEEN A PRETTY TOUGH WEEK, LET'S FACE IT. IF YOU CAN BRING THE DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW, THE DIFFERENT PLAYERS TOGETHER AND TRY NOT TO HAVE PEOPLE SHOUTING AT EACH OTHER BUT TO AS JOURNALISTS, TELEVISION, RADIO, NEWSPAPERS, BRING DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND IT BETTER. HOPEFULLY WE WILL WIN BACK THE TRUST. TODAY BUT A PROCESS. >> I HOPE YOU'RE RIGHT, I AGREE. THINK TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND INSIGHT INTO THIS VERY IMPORTANT DISCUSSION. >> THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO DO IT. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH THAT WAS GREAT. >> THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. WHEN "ON THE RECORD" CONTINUES, BREAK. >> AS WE HEARD AT THE TOP OF THE DISCUSSION, JOE FISHER REPORTED ON WHY THE MEDIA IS LOSING TRUST. HE JOINS US NOW TO TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IS REPORTERS GO ABOUT DOING THEIR JOBS. JOE, LET'S START WITH HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A REPORTER? WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO ENTER THIS FIELD? >> GOING ON EIGHT OR NINE YEARS AT THIS POINT, THIS IS MY FOURTH THIRD TV STATION. I WORKED AT A NEWSPAPER OUT OF COLLEGE, THREE TV STATIONS, RADEAS LABS -- I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 2 1/2 YEARS AGO. I WAS LIKE TALKING TO PEOPLE AND TELLING PEOPLE THINGS THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW OR THINGS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE MISSED AND ONCE THEY STARTED STUDYING JOURNALISM AT THE COLLEGE AND ACTUALLY STARTED PRACTICING THE CRAFT IN DOING THIS EVERY DAY, IT KIND OF JUST BECAME AN ADDICTING KIND OF SENSE OF TELLING PEOPLE THINGS EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW AND GIVING PEOPLE A VOICE. AND JUST BEING THAT ADVOCATE. I KNOW DEAN KING WAS MENTIONING SERVING YOUR COMMUNITY. MOST OF THE JOURNALISM, MOST OF THE JOURNALISTS I'VE WORKED WITH, GOT INTO THIS BUSINESS TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND JUST TO BE THAT ADVOCATE FOR PEOPLE THEY SERVE. >> IT IS QUITE AN HONOR. WHAT STEPS YOU TAKE TO PUT YOUR STORIES TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE BEING FAIR? >> EVERY DAY STARTS WITH EDITORIAL MEETINGS, AND WE STARTED WITH WHAT OUR STORIES ARE FOR THE DAY, WHAT IS OUT THERE, WHAT WE ARE GOING TO COVER. REPORTERS ARE TALKING TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, PITCHING STORIES, TRYING TO GET THINGS ON THEIR. AS FAR AS BEING FAIR, GOES THROUGH A PROCESS THAT WE HAVE EVERY MORNING, WHICH IS A CALL WITH 20 TO 30 PEOPLE GIVING THEIR OPINIONS ABOUT STORIES, WHAT VOICES SHOULD BE INCLUDED, WHO DO WE WANT TO INTERVIEW, HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT WE GET BOTH SIDES? AND IF THE OTHER SIDE IS NOT TALKING, HOW CAN WE GET A STATEMENT? THE GOVERNOR PROBABLY CAN TELL YOU ABOUT REACHING OUT FOR A STATEMENT IF THEY DON'T WANT TO SAY SOMETHING OR IF THEY DON'T WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO THE STORY THAT WE WILL AT LEAST TRY TO GET BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY EVERY SINGLE DAY. EVERY SINGLE TIME. >> YOU AND I WERE TOGETHER ON THE AIR FOR MANY, MANY HOURS IN MAY DURING THE BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTS. MANY PEOPLE SHARED WITH YOU, DID YOU GET ANY PUSHBACK? >> OH TONS OF PUSHBACK. THE BLACK LIVES MATTER RALLIES AND PROTESTS OVER THE SUMMER, ESPECIALLY THE ONES WHERE WE HAD PEOPLE BREAKING THE LAW, WHETHER THEY WERE BLOCKING THE ROAD OR WHETHER THEY WERE THROWING FIREWORKS AT STATE TROOPERS, YEAH, THEY DID NOT WANT TO BE ON CAMERAS. THEY PUT WATER BOTTLES IN OUR FACES, UMBRELLAS IN FRONT OF OUR CAMERAS. WE HAD TO USE TRIPODS JUST BLOCKS THEM FROM US BECAUSE THEY DID NOT WANT TO BE SEEN. I THINK THAT IS NOT ONLY BECAUSE THEY WERE BREAKING THE LAW IN MANY CASES, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, LIKE THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT , DOES NOT MATTER WHAT SIDE OF THE AISLE YOU'RE ON. >> JOE WE COULD GO FOR HOURS, I'M SORRY WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME. JOE FISHER, THANK YOU. JOIN THE CONVERSATION. >> WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU, FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, EMAIL US YOUR COMMENTS, OR WRITE A LETTER ON THE RECORD PO BOX 12,000, RALEIGH, 27605.

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On the Record, Jan. 16, 2021: Media and fake news - WRAL.com

Rob Lowe just made headlines for claiming he saw Prince Harry with a ponytail!

Extras Billy Bush caught up with Lowe, who explained why he thought Harry had a new do.

The actor, who lives near Prince Harry in Montecito, said, I get excited when celebrities and famous people move into my neighborhood I was at the stoplight and I saw a very blacked out look-at-me-dont-look-at-me, that kind of car and I looked and it was for sure him. I think it was a ponytail. I could be wrong. Im not going stake my journalistic reputation on it.

He continued, This is the same guy that said Peyton Manning was retiring and he only went on to win one more Super Bowl after that. I may be the guy who invented fake news.

Rob is breaking all sorts of news with his star-packed podcast Literally. He just got Lisa Kudrow to dish on the Friends reunion, telling him they already shot some stuff for the highly anticipated HBO Max show. This week is Lisa Kudrow, and I got her to tell me about some secret stuff that she shot for the Friends reunion.

Billy told him, Pass that on, pass that on. Give us a taste. Smiling, Rob replied, Listen, Billy Bush Youre not the only people getting scoop today.

His show, 9-1-1: Lone Star is back for Season 2. Billy pointed out, Were coming in with a massive explosion. There is a death. What is happening in this premiere? Rob answered, This year is actually really funny because of Lisa Edelstein, who was my characters girlfriend on The West Wing.

Billy commented, Reunited and feels so good. Rob agreed, It feels very good and it feels very funny, but in the next scene you could have someone fall into a lava pit Its really a big year, really fun. Really fun.

Billy complimented the 56-year-old, saying, Rob, youve managed to stay in good shape. I dont see the COVID 15 on you.

Rob told him, Oh, its here, if you dont think Ive framed this But in all seriousness, its why Im working for the Atkins people, because everybody I talk to is like, What do I do with this COVID weight?"

Billy asked about "The Atkins 100 Eating Solution" book, and Rob answered, "The book that I wrote the foreword on is great if you have these kinds of questions.

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Rob Lowe on Whether That Prince Harry Ponytail Story Was 'Fake News' - Extra

A viral Facebook post claiming the NAACP received information that white supremacists and neo-Nazis were planning violent attacks on Black and Brown boys and men is fake news, according to the organization.

The post received traction online and was being spread throughout messaging apps and on other social media platforms.

The post stated that the NAACP received a warning stating that white supremacist and white nationalists are looking for young black and brown boys and men to torture and kill for their initiations.

But the organization has rejected the claims.

In a statement on its website, NAACP said, while we take all matters of racial discrimination and racial hatred seriously, these statements are not from the NAACP.

These social media posts and press releases appear to be associated with a Huey P. Newton group, which has no affiliation to the NAACP.

The Huey P. Newton group has not yet addressed the claims.

The organizations Vice President of Marketing, Trovon Williams said the false information is being used to bring about fear and division in the community.

These remain divisive times and mechanisms like this remain as opportunities to bring about fear within our community. The NAACPs position is very clear: we will not be divided and we will not be fearful. Stay home and stay safe, he said in a video posted to Twitter.

This is not the first time that the NAACP has been at the center of fake threats. In July, a similar rumor was posted on social media.

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After getting caught for peddling fake news about paddy procurement by the government, controversial NDTV news anchor Ravish Kumar has now apologized for spreading fake news. The controversial NDTV news anchor Ravish Kumar took to Facebook to post an apology after he admitted to making a mistake of putting false information without verifying facts.

In his Facebook post, Ravish Kumar said that he had made a mistake in the last episode of his prime time show where he was highlighting the distortion of data by the government, however, the information that was put out was not complete.

The information is incomplete and therefore it is not correct. In this event, a mistake was also committed by me in the episode of 14 January. The analysis of a tweet put out by the Railway Minister turned out to be a mistake, said Ravish Kumar in his Facebook post.

Hilariously, while apologising for spreading fake news, Ravish Kumar says that Godi Media, which is essentially media that does not follow his editorial line of spreading misinformation and propaganda, should not excited by such a mistake. Further, he tells other journalists to challenge him on his facts. It is worthy to point out that the entire post is actually about him apologising for spreading fake news.

In his Facebook post, he further asks Godi Media to Think about the kind of misunderstanding being spread. Further he says, Notice has been issued on this. Id reply but the surprising thing is I catches many mistakes and lies in my program is no answer.

While apologising, Ravish Kumar continued to blame the government and also, claiming that he catches many such lies in his program and the government has never answered for those, and hence, he is the bigger person for responding to the notice sent to him.

It is pertinent to point out here that Ravish Kumar has a history of spreading misinformation and fake news and has in no way caught many lies. Of the many examples, just one would be sufficient to provide a window into his journalism. During the Delhi anti-Hindu riots, Ravish Kumar had conveniently changed the identity of Mohammad Shahrukh, who was seen threatening cops with a gun pointed towards their head, to Anurag Mishra simple to peddle his own agenda and shield the perpetrators. That does not really seem like someone who catches so many mistakes with others.

On January 14, NDTV India anchor Ravish Kumar had claimed that the Modi government had given false data regarding the farm product procurement. In his show Prime Time With Ravish Kumar, the controversial Congress-era journalist had referred to an infographic posted by minister Piyush Goyal to deliberately mislead the public by saying that the data given by the government in the graphic is wrong.

Earlier, Food and Public Distribution minister Piyush Goyal had informed that till January 10, the centre had procured 534 Lakh Metric Tonnes of paddy, compared to 423 LMT in the same period last year. Therefore, the paddy procurement has gone up by 26% till now this year.

However, Ravish Kumar, as usual resorting to his false propaganda, had alleged that as per data available on the website of Food and Public Distribution ministry, the total paddy procurement in 2019-20 was 519 LMT, not 423 LMT, therefore the increase in the procurement is not 26% as claimed by the government. He said that either someone has made a mistake in the govt of India, or wrong numbers are being used to spread falsehood.

In fact, it was Ravish Kumar had deliberately lied to the public by cropping the image of the tweet of Piyush Goyal to put out misleading claims. The minister had clearly said that the data is for procurement up to 10 January. However, in an attempt to blame the government, Ravish Kumar used the incomplete procurement data of the income from 2019-20 to put out misinformation about public procurement.

After Ravish Kumar tried to mislead the public by putting out false data, the union government had taken a strong objection and had categorically stated that the procurement has gone up by 26% in the said period.

The ministry termed the program a shocking display of poor journalism and sheer disregard of actual facts and had issued notice to NDTV on the 15th of January 2021, as reported exclusively by OpIndia yesterday.

The union government has taken a strong objection to the fake news peddled by Ravish Kumar, and has confirmed that the paddy procurement upto 10 January 2020 was 423 LMT. And therefore, it is correct that the procurement has gone up by 26% in the said period. The ministry termed the program a shocking display of poor journalism and sheer disregard of actual facts.

The letter sent to the NDTV Ethics committee by the Press Information Bureaus Additional Director General has said that Ravish Kumar has done an unfair comparison of full year procurement of 2019-20 with ongoing procurement for 2020-21. It also states that Piyush Goyals tweet was cropped in the TV program, giving the impression that it was a malafide act.

The letter notes that at a sensitive time when farmers are protesting near Delhi, Ravish Kumar has misrepresented important facts, which misleads the farmers and incites negative sentiments in the society. The letter also said that Ravish Kumar has done an unfair comparison of full-year procurement of 2019-20 with ongoing procurement for 2020-21. It is this letter that Ravish Kumar is saying that he will respond to in the due course of time.

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