Video chat with 'Detecting Bull' author John McManus
Channel: Jeffrey South
Date: 2018-08-30

A former journalist and communication professor, Dr. McManus will discuss news literacy with students in VCU's introductory mass communications course, MASC 101. Dr. McManus writes and lectures about changes in news media and their impact on democracy. His 1994 book, 'Market-Driven Journalism: Let the Citizen Beware?' won the annual research award from the Society of Professional Journalists. So did his 2009 college textbook, 'Detecting Bull: How to Identify Bias and Junk Journalism in Print, Broadcast and on the Wild Web.' In 2000, he founded GradeTheNews.org. Using Consumer Reports as a model, the project scientifically sampled the most popular newspapers and newscasts in the San Francisco Bay Area and rated them head-to-head on seven yardsticks of journalism quality.