Hi everybody Cheryl Ackison

Cheryl Ackison here with another edition of the Cheryl Ackison

podcast.

You're going to really enjoy our podcast today.

I want to talk about coronavirus.

I'm going to have some stats and figures and I'll answer your questions

about how it compares to flu,

including resources where you can look up the information for yourself.

But first, I'm going to examine how coronavirus intersects

with media bias, with a quintessential example through a defamatory false

New York Times article where the author Jeremy Peters deceptively edited quotes,

falsified information, and violated nearly every tenant of good journalism

and ethics.

And that's hardly the most shocking part.

In the face of that, it was all deemed perfectly acceptable by New York Times editor Carol and Ryan.

Wait until you hear why. Before we get into the meat of things I want to announce that we have a title for my upcoming book and it is available for pre-order on Amazon or anywhere, it is

called Slanted how the news media taught us to love censorship and hate journalism. It's an appropriate title and discussion for today's talk

because management of the news narrative and how media outlets that were once

considered pillars of good journalism,

have become purveyors of disinformation on behalf of special interests and

narratives.

It's pretty shocking, but it's becoming widespread.

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