Commentary
by Eric Boehlert
What happens when media monitors mangle journalism in ways far more severe than the work they’re supposed to be appraising? What happens when press critics, instead of calling out newsroom missteps, simply propagate their own blunders in the name of analysis? When they weigh down their critiques with blatant misinformation?
It’s a constant quandary when it comes to right-wing critiques of the press, which are typically filed by ideologues who, rather…
