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MATTHEW LEIMKUELER refers to June, 1970 "marathon" recording sessions at The Spence Manor. The Spence Manor did not exist until its 1974 construction.
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KELSEY GIBBS refers to “John
Hopkins” University on the November 11, 2020 edition of WTVF-TV’s 10 p.m.
newscast.
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HODA KOTB mispronounced the surname of "our friend, PATRICK SCHWARZENEGGER” on the November 9,
2020 edition of NBC’s Today with Hoda and Jenna.
MAJOR GARRETT conflated presidents
when referring to BENJAMIN HARRISON as “Benjamin Hayes” on the November 7, 2020
edition of CBS News’ America Decides election coverage.
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Dr.
MEHMET OZ used a portion of the October 26, 2020 segment of the syndicated
program that bears his name to mislead seniors into thinking that they were about to receive the equivalent
of the free information about Medicare Advantage plans, his intent being to see that Oz' audience was ”armed with all the facts” so they could
“choose the right Medicare advantage plan with the benefits that you
want” with no mention of the fact that
“trusted sponsorship partners” medicare advantage.com is one among several coverage options including Basic Medicare.
Rather, Oz introduced “insurance expert” PAULA SANDERS telling viewers that “Not
only has Paula helped thousands of people learn about their
Medicare options, but she has a Medicare advantage plan herself, which
speaks
volumes.” Claims of zero dollars per month premiums, video of Oz
touring a call center where "multilingual" and "licensed" insurance
agents would take calls via "a special phone number" for Oz
viewers were not balanced with full disclosure about the special
number being set up to track the success of the targeted advertising,
copays, the IRMAA, etc.
At the very end of the program, was there a disclaimer inviting viewers to contact Medicare for a complete list of coverage options and admission, in the form of fine print that scrolled during the program's credits, that the preceding was essentially a paid endorsement. Only if a viewer was reading the credits at the end of the program would small print reveal that the preceding was essentially a paid endorsement and that viewers were being directed to a company owned by TZ Insurance Solutions LLC.
Journalism's wall of separation between advertising and editorial parted when DEBORAH NORVILLE introduced a JIM MORET report by explaining to viewers that “We teamed
up with medicareadvantage.com and its licensed insurance agent ANDROMEDA DeBERRY…” “licensed insurance agent
& medicareadvantage.com and spokesperson”
shills for same on the October 27, 2020 as part of Inside Edition.
At the conclusion of the segment, a medicareadvantage.com commercial was shown.
KITTY WELLS would not be happy that Ryman Auditorium General Manager GARY LEVY referred to LORETTA LYNN as “The Queen of
Country Music” on the October 23, 2020 edition of the Circle TV and WSM Radio
simulcast of Coffee, Country and Cody.
ALEXANDRA KOEHN reported that "less people will be in crowded areas..." on the October 21, 2020 edition of WTVF's 4 p.m. newscast.
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MATTHEW LEIMKUEHLER refers to SAM WILLIAMS' "siblings HANK WILLIAMS, III, HOLLY WILLIAMS and HILARY WILLIAMS" in an article published in the October 21, 2020 issue of The Tennessean.
In reality Hank III (a/k/a SHELTON), Holly and Hilary Williams are half-siblings.
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ALEXANDRA KOEHN reported that "less people will be in crowded areas..." on the October 21, 2020 edition of WTVF's 4 p.m. newscast.
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MIKE HUCKAEE mispronounces HODA KOTB's surname on the October 17, 2020 edition of TBN's Huckabee.****
BRANDON SHIELDS reported in the September 23, 2020
edition of the Jackson Sun (Jackson, Tennessee) of W.S. “FLUKE” HOLLAND’s death earlier that day
that “According to his obituary, family will receive friends…”
And
then there's this about Holland: "... he joined the Carl Perkins Brothers band in 1954
and toured with them for 60 years before joining (Johnny) Cash’s band."
CARL,
JAY and CLAYTON PERKINS toured from 1954 to 2014? How do you figure when Jay died
in 1958, Clayton in 1973, Carl in 1998 and JOHNNY CASH in 2003?
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During the September 23, 2020 edition of WSMV's News 4 at Noon, HOLLY THOMPSON informed viewers that “Today TIME Magazine announced its list of
the world’s most influential people.”
In reality TIME’s news release announcing
same was released a day earlier, coinciding
with ABC’s TIME100 TV
special that aired the evening of September 22, 2020.
NEIL
SHAH misidentified the Country Music Association Awards (not to be
confused
with the Academy
of Country Music Awards) as the "Country Music Awards" in
the September 2, 2020 edition of The Wall Street Journal.
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VLADIMIR DUTHIERS refers to "star of Davids" on the May 5, 2020 edition of CBS This Morning.