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W&L’s Colón Interviewed in PolitiFact Article Professor Aly Colón was interviewed in an article titled “As America watched Jan. 6 hearing, Fox viewers heard Tucker Carlson’s alternate reality.”

Aly-Colon-150x150 W&L’s Colón Interviewed in PolitiFact ArticleAly Colón

Aly Colón, the Knight Professor of Ethics in Journalism at Washington and Lee University, was interviewed in a June 10 PolitiFact article titled “As America watched Jan. 6 hearing, Fox viewers heard Tucker Carlson’s alternate reality.”

In the piece, Colón states Fox News’ decision to ignore the primetime television House select committee hearing dedicated to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol represented a “breach” with regard to informing its audience.

“It leaves that audience not able to witness, at this stage, what other points of view are being advanced in the space,” Colón says.

Read the full article here.

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