News commentary
CNN's Mishandling of Trans Healthcare Coverage Highlights Need for Change
During Monday’s episode of CNN’s Out Front, host Erin Burnett and CNN reporter Andrew Kaczynski pushed anti-trans talking points while discussing Kaczynski’s latest piece, a write-up of Kamala Harris’s responses to an ACLU candidate questionnaire in 2019.
Related Knowledge Center: Information integrity
State of Play
In an increasingly fractured media landscape, truth has been a casualty in the public discussion. Coverage has been warped by the business needs of struggling news organizations, and a significant segment of the public relies on bad-faith outlets that are little more than propagandists. While fact-checking has become routine, some organizations are exploring other ways to combat the trends. And misinformation spewed by AI-driven chatbots has become more of a feature than simply a bug.
Fact-checking and its detractors
Related Knowledge Center: Democracy and politics
State of Play
News organizations are scrambling to find a coverage approach that adequately informs the American public about the country’s slide from democracy to authoritarian rule.