WaterSafety http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/7239/all en NYT Goes for TV-Style Scare Tactics: 'America's Toxic Waters' http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/nyt-goes-tv-style-scare-tactics-americas-toxic-waters <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Editor Marcus Mabry exaggerates for the cameras in the paper&#039;s new online feature, a seven-minute daily news show called TimesCast: &quot;Charles, you spent the last year reporting on America&#039;s toxic waters, how our drinking water supply is actually not safe.&quot; </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>This week the Times launched TimesCast, a daily video news program about seven minutes in length. In Tuesday's edition, senior editor Marcus Mabry unleashed some video-friendly scare tactics in setting up his talk with investigative reporter Charles Duhigg, five-and-a-half minutes into the <a href="http://video.nytimes.com/video/playlist/timescast/1247467375115/index.html">report</a> (as posted below):<br /><br /></p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/nyt-goes-tv-style-scare-tactics-americas-toxic-waters" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch Environment CharlesDuhigg liberalmediabias MarcusMabry NewYorkTimes NewYorkTimesbias TimesWatch WaterSafety Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:17:00 +0000 admin 7453 at http://archive2.mrc.org