The common man’s guide to reliable news
During the Ebola scare that revolved around Kacie Hickox in 2014, I was the local newspaper editor in the rural Maine town of Fort Kent, where Hickox stayed after she left isolation in New Jersey. As a consequence, I know a thing or two about how different media outlets portray the same events.
When I compared what we saw on national news and social media with what I saw with my own eyes as Hickox and Maine Governor LePage faced off in front of the world, I can say with confidence that along with the solid reporting that occurred, I also saw fake news, biased reporting, and reckless reporting while our community orbited that black hole we call “The Media”, and I survived to tell the tale.