https://davidpdischer.com/tags/news/Recent content in News on David P. DischerHugoen-usTue, 12 May 2015 22:36:20 +0000https://davidpdischer.com/2015/05/12/fact-checking-news/Tue, 12 May 2015 22:36:20 +0000https://davidpdischer.com/2015/05/12/fact-checking-news/<p>So PunditFact published <a href="http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/article/2014/jul/01/introducing-scorecards-tv-networks/">“Scorecards for the TV networks”</a>, and how much one network “lies” got some social media traction today.</p> <blockquote><p>The comparisons are interesting, but be cautious about using them to draw broad conclusions. We use our news judgment to pick the facts we’re going to check, so we certainly don’t fact-check everything. (1)</p> </blockquote> <p>Shouldn’t we fact check everything ? Isn’t it the responsibility of journalists to fact check everything ?</p> <p>The conservative news website of the <a href="http://nationalreview.com">National Review</a>, which I believe was trying to discredit PunditFact’s scorecards, had this to say:</p>