NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt warned that the news media providing “an open platform for misinformation,” pushing back against the notion that outlets should always be giving two sides of a story equal weight.Accepting the Edward R.
Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award in Journalism from Washington State University, Holt talked about attacks on the news media, at one point telling the virtual audience, “I think it’s become clearer that fairness is over-rated.”“Before you run with or tweet that headline, let me explain a bit,” he said. “The idea that we should always give two sides equal weight and merit does not reflect the world we find ourselves in.
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