Why did only one journalist ask key questions about Katie Britt's SOTU response? [View all]

https://heartlandsignal.com/2024/03/11/opinion-why-did-only-one-journalist-ask-key-questions-about-katie-britts-sotu-response/

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All it took was a seven-minute video by an independent journalist to uncover the big lie at the center of Katie Britt’s State of the Union response. One journalist. On TikTok. Not legions of reporters and researchers working for legacy media outlets like The New York Times or NBC News.

Jonathan Katz thought something sounded a little fishy in Britt’s speech so he did what all good journalists should do: He started to dig around. Less than 24 hours after the Alabama senator’s speech, Katz posted a fact checking video to TikTok that gutted the core of an already widely panned speech. Not only that, but it also raised important questions about why the rest of the media seemed to take Britt’s claims at face value.

Journalism is supposed to be about seeking truth and reporting it without fear or favor. The best journalists are curious and relentless about asking questions to get to the heart of something. Do they no longer teach this stuff in journalism schools? Because very few journalists had any questions about the Britt speech.

The initial coverage (not to be confused with the outpouring on social media) failed to even mention her odd, scary presentation, where she used a dramatic whisper voice to make halting statements from her kitchen. It’s almost like the reporters didn’t watch the speech but instead relied on a transcript to do the reporting.

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