Major media today are advancing prescribed, ideologically shaped narratives across major areas of public interest—government, politics, the economy, culture, education, science, biology.
In part because of the resulting imbalances in such coverage, the RealClearFoundation, a nonprofit organization working in partnership with RealClearPolitics, launched a new voice in investigative journalism: RealClearInvestigations (RCI). Its ambition was not to add to a chorus of “follow-the-leader” journalism but to mount against-the-grain, “hit-’em-where-they-ain’t” investigative reporting.
Put another way, we’re the ones striving to get the rough first draft of history right, rather than presuming to rewrite the history of the United States for future generations of Americans.
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