The Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID) has issued a media alert calling on WXMI Fox 17 to investigate claims made by politicians in the future in light of their coverage of the Ehlers town hall meeting:
On Saturday, May 5, WXMI ran a story on a “town hall meeting” hosted by US Representative Vern Ehlers. The story simply repeated one of Ehlers’ statements without bothering to verify its accuracy. The statement, that more people died in Iraq under Saddam Hussein than in the ongoing war and occupation, was questionable at best and should have been examined.
Please send WXMI an email using the pre-written letter below demanding that in the future they hold politicians accountable for their statements by examining their accuracy: