Robert Lichter
Robert Lichter
S. Robert Lichter is Professor of Communication at George Mason University, where he directs the Center for Media and Public Affairs, which conducts scientific studies of the news and entertainment media, and the Statistical Assessment Service, which works to improve the quality of statistical and scientific information in the news...
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This is about reporters who fell in love with their story and couldn't view it objectively. That is the job of editors and senior staff, to dampen journalistic enthusiasm that can't be supported by the facts.