Provocateur Journalism
CNN uncritically publishes a list of “hate groups” compiled by the discredited Southern Poverty Law Center.
Mark Pulliam
August 17, 2017 Public safety
When a news organization reports an impending weather event based on forecasts from the National Weather Service, or warns of potential seismic activity anticipated by the U.S. Geological Survey, or alerts the public concerning an infectious-disease outbreak being tracked by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, no one questions the news organization’s motives, because the underlying information is factual and derived from a reliable, nonpartisan, and authoritative source.
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