After Hours: Claim of Racial and Political Bias at Reuters News
Full Measure After Hours
Sharyl Attkisson
5 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 17 February 2023
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Zac Kriegman was a data scientist at Reuters when he says he discovered racial and political bias in the news agency's reporting on the Black Lives Matter movement. But when he tried to address it, he ended up without a job. Reuters says it reports in a "fair, unbiased, and independent manner."
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| 0:31.0 | Hi everybody, Cheryl Ackison here. |
| 0:34.5 | Welcome to another edition of Full Measure After Hours. |
| 0:38.0 | Today we tackle racial and political bias inside news organizations with one whistleblower |
| 0:43.6 | who says he was retaliated against when he called it out. |
| 0:50.3 | It's a long standing complaint by many political and racial bias inside newsrooms. |
| 1:01.5 | A number of people at news organizations have quit in recent years citing bias inside |
| 1:06.1 | their news organizations. |
| 1:08.2 | This Sunday on Full Measure February 19th, I'll be talking about that and in today's podcast |
| 1:13.8 | an extended interview with one man making claims about Reuters news agency. |
| 1:19.5 | Zach Kriegman was a director of data science and Reuters when he says he noticed the news |
| 1:23.8 | division reporting things about the Black Lives Matter movement that he says were not only |
| 1:29.1 | contrary to the facts, but could be resulting in getting Black Americans killed. |
| 1:34.9 | Now before you hear from him, let me tell you Reuters' side of the story so that you |
| 1:38.2 | can keep it in mind. |
| 1:40.2 | Reuters declined my interview request on this topic, but a spokesman did tell us that |
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