The chapter delves into a journalist's experience reporting on PragerU and the emergence of disinformation teams in newsrooms to fact-check and label content. It highlights the transformation of organizations like the Southern Poverty Law Center and the controversial listing of PragerU under its hate watch program. The chapter also discusses the challenges faced by reporters wanting to cover diverse perspectives, encountering cancel culture, and the consequences of going against the mainstream narrative.
When Nellie Bowles got her dream job as a reporter for the New York Times, she thought she'd never leave her job at the legacy paper. But what she witnessed behind the scenes gave her a very personal insight into the political capture of the American newsroom. She tells UnHerd's Freddie Sayers about the disinformation movement, mainstream media bias and finding herself outside the tribe...
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