for getting the message through because you are starting to break down that wall. i think that s what is essential. i think the other thing is every time that you can get inside that information bubble for those that just are refusing it or have been told so many times conspiracies about vaccines, is it is ultimately about information cascades. can you change the balance of that information diet? so if they re hearing more pro-vaccine message which is accurate versus false anti-vaccine message. so that s why i think that sean hannity clip is significant even if it is only one time because it is breaking down that wall, and you are also seeing some other things that just are actual reality. you cannot be pro-business and anti-vaccine. we see what the markets do whenever the virus is spreading. you cannot be pro-education and anti-vaccine because we can t get kids back to school. so we re having a collision of realities over time, that anti-vax movement that we can t get people fully vac
viewers and our readers now have a responsibility that they have never had before, and that is they have to be careful about how they choose their information diet. this is going to be a problem for the rest of our history, and it s a problem in particular for democracies. do you see the cbs and cnns of the world as living up to the challenge, or are we way too far behind? i think we are living up to the challenge and this program this morning is a great example of that. you just dismantled the nancy pelosi video, and that s what we have to do as journalists. we have to tell the truth, tell it again, tell it again and tell it again because the american people have to have reliable information to make decisions about our country. there is no democracy without journalism. and what are you hearing on your book tour from readers and
news. was it really such a far-out move? are you consuming too much junk on-line? having trouble controlling your habit? we ll talk to the author of the information diet. plus okay. what about that? i don t know how to make love to you anymore. ew. i was told you were getting an std test. do you really think that sounds like a lot of fun? the huge wave of media hype surrounding girls on hbo has left a bitter backlash in its bake. how did one program become a cultural battlefield? i m howard kurtz, and this is reliable sources. if you think of all the shots the pundits have taken at met romney in the last few months, stiff, can t close the deal. s you hardly expect that he got the most favorable coverage in the republican primaries, but that s exactly what happened according to the project for excellence in jurmism. here are the numbers. from january through mid-april romney s media coverage was rated 39% positive, 32% negative, and president obama just