EPISODE 17: JOURNALISTIC GASLIGHTING 101

Fox News has a meltdown on Newt Gingrich, a Democrat pundit tells a big fib and Trish explains why the use of anonymous sources has destroyed the news media’s credibility. The playbook for the propaganda wars is becoming so obvious it’s nearly laughable. Great reporting by Glenn Greenwald and Lee Smith blow up fake “scoops” and Fox News inadvertently reveals its own instruction manual — a moment that caused new opportunities for reporters to turn on their gaslights.