Tag: Truth in Media

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Ben Swann’s long-awaited report on the “CDC whistleblower” goes over like a lead balloon of antivaccine misinformation

Ben Swann's report on the "CDC whistleblower" reminded me a great deal of another great wreck in history. I had debated whether to use a picture of the Titanic instead, but decided that a big blow up was more appropriate. Sorry, Ben. Actually, no, I'm not.

Ben Swann, anchor of the evening news for the local Atlanta CBS affiliate and the face of his Truth In Media series of videos, thinks himself an investigative journalist and a truth teller, but much of what I see him reporting more closely resembles reporting as though done by a cross between Ted Baxter, Ron […]