43. Emmy award winning journalist Fred Francis on fake news vs shallow reporting

Is it fake news?  No, it’s shallow reporting according to Fred Francis.  Fred is a Two-time Emmy award winning broadcast journalist that has over 46 years of experience in the communications industry. He retired as a senior correspondent after 30 years at NBC News with a longstanding expertise in national and international security.  We have an interesting conversation about the evolution of journalism and how we as consumers need to do our due diligence and seek out information.  Fred sheds light on the ins and outs of the news world and why it has changed so drastically in the past 10 years.  He also shares some of his fascinating stories of investigative reporting from Miami crime in the 1960’s to working at the Pentagon through the Gulf war.  We couldn’t chat about news and not mention the current day issues of deciphering fact from false information and how this administration treats the media. IF you enjoyed this conversation, my favor as usual is to please continue to share this podcast with others. It would mean so much if you also rate it and leave me feedback. If you would like to help keep this podcast going and support the work I do, visit my website or Patreon.com/sifumimichan to become a patron of the show. For comments or suggestions reach out on social media @sifumimichan Discussed in this episode The Washington Post Vox News Now This Is News 15-Seconds.com Comment Rules: Be Cool. Critical is fine, but if you’re rude, we’ll delete your stuff. Please do not put your URL in the comment text and please use your PERSONAL name or initials and not your business name, as the latter comes off like spam. Have fun and thanks for adding to the conversation! Disclaimer: I am not a writer. I do not claim to be.  Apologies for grammatical mistakes, long drawn out run on sentences, and anything else that drives you crazy. I promise it was not my intention.  Be lenient, please!