2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumBloomberg TV Comes Forward As Only Network To Fact-Check Candidates During Debate
The Donald will keep Bloomberg busy tonight.
In deciding to fact-check candidates with on-screen graphics, Bloomberg breaks ranks with all other major cable news outlets, which have widely rejected on-screen fact-checking during the debate, despite having repeatedly used live fact checks to debunk false information in the past. Bloomberg TV's announcement follows Media Matters' call for the debate moderators to use on-screen text and graphics to fact-check the candidates in real-time in our "Do's and Don'ts" for moderators.
The New York Times, The Washington Post and Politico have published independent reports that amplified the importance of fact-checking candidates during the debates. They reviewed one week of Trumps blizzard of falsehoods, exaggerations and outright lies, and found that Trump averaged about one falsehood every three minutes and 15 seconds.
Politicos Kelsey Sutton reported September 26 that Bloomberg TV said it would conduct on-screen fact checks during its presidential debate coverage. Sutton reported that the decision sets Bloomberg apart from the other major TV networks, which have chosen not to fact-check during the debate, claiming it would be hard to execute in real-time. Other networks decision not to correct lies, Sutton reported, leaves the real-time fact-checking up to NBCs Lester Holt, the debate moderator, or Clinton herself. Sutton wrote:
Bloomberg TV will conduct on-screen fact checks of statements made by both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton during Monday nights debate, POLITICO has confirmed.
The channels decision to conduct an on-screen fact-check sets Bloomberg apart from the other major TV networks, none of whom have committed to doing on-screen fact checks during the debate. Most will leave the fact-checking to segments in the post-debate analysis coverage.
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Spokespeople for the networks told POLITICO that on-screen fact checks would be hard to execute in real-time, which is why they were opting out. That leaves the real-time fact-checking up to NBCs Lester Holt, the debate moderator, or Clinton herself.
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/09/26/report-bloomberg-tv-comes-forward-only-network-fact-check-candidates-during-debate/213317
BootinUp
(47,185 posts)artyteacher
(598 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)phallon
(260 posts)Too bad Michael-doesn't have the capacity to get rid of Halperin (the guy who said on live MSNBC that "Obama's a dick.) like ABC did.
However, ABC/Disney has a BS news division also. Sigh.
BootinUp
(47,185 posts)Joe941
(2,848 posts)let trump get away with lies - so in reality every network is going to have fact checking.
helpisontheway
(5,008 posts)He has the same boss as Matt Lauer so I expect a repeat of commander in chief forum. Plus Lester is a Republican.
renate
(13,776 posts)This is different from a year ago, when he was just a showman and a clown and people hadn't yet acknowledged that he is a huge liar.
Now, everybody knows that he's such a compulsive over-the-top liar that the networks realize they won't be able to keep up, and half the population knows it too and is absolutely A-OK with that... it's hard to believe that the earth is still rotating on its axis, so unbelievable and Opposite World this seems.
hertopos
(833 posts)Watching Trump getting away with lies is really bad for health.
I do get so anxious if I completely wait for tomorrow.
Thank you Bloomberg.
My daytime job is CFP and I actually subscribe Bloomberg since I hate MSNBC. ( Only thing
I watch from this station is 'the profit'. BTW, Marcus is a Democrat.)
It is going to be a long night.
Hertopos
BainsBane
(53,056 posts)I'm going to a debate event so I can force myself to watch it.
Pathwalker
(6,598 posts)So there - the rest of you stupid media!