Yesterday Christina Pushaw lit up the Daily Beast over their story alleging that Florida Gov. DeSantis has a “secret Twitter army of far-right influencers.”
The media shredding continued today after Politico put out this story:
Every Republican working in politics should take note of how Pushaw effectively dismantles media hackery, and this Politico story is no exception:
Media malpractice: Journactivist @Mdixon55 writes @politico headline that "Florida doctors" are "worried" about @dermatophyte speaking at Gov. DeSantis' presser. Story quotes:
– 1 doctor in Michigan
– 9 anonymous sources against Ward
– "about a half dozen" sources supporting Ward pic.twitter.com/e03WG2vXOP— Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) January 26, 2023
The “unnamed sources” thing has gotten completely out of control.
The @Mdixon55 @politico headline is intentionally misleading. "Florida doctors" are not a monolith. As the article itself admits, they have different opinions, which is good and exactly why we need protections for medical professionals' freedom of speech.
— Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) January 26, 2023
Being “intentionally misleading” is what too many people who call themselves journalists these days consider to be their primary duty as a reporter.
The dermatologist mentioned in the Politico story also took issue with the article:
Yeah Matt had some real trouble with this one… I’m just a dermatologist but he uses the same quote twice and then can’t get a simple date I was appointed to @nwfstatecollege right… rough day for journal-activism! pic.twitter.com/5LLxteLzIY
— Jon Ward, MD (@dermatophyte) January 26, 2023
Ah, “journalism!”
If it weren't for journalistic malpractice, they wouldn't be practicing journalism at all.
— Alberto de la Cruz (@albertodelacruz) January 26, 2023
And they helpfully provide glaring examples on a daily basis.
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Related:
Christina Pushaw explains what the U.N. alarm about Twitter’s journo suspensions is REALLY about
We’re PRETTY sure Christina Pushaw just made this Florida Democrat policy guy cry and LOL
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