How to Spot Misinformation Spread by Pink Slime Journalism | Be MediaWise

“Journalistic Meat or Fraudulent Filler?” Students will be introduced to the term “pink slime journalism” and — by looking into a specific claim from a pink slime news outlet — be able to recognize pink slime websites that spread biased or partisan information online.

If the yellow journalism of the 19th century can be defined by the sensationalistic ‘if it bleeds, it leads’ mentality, pink slime is the opposite. It wants to quietly smuggle low-quality pastel goo from a machine into your regular media diet.” — Ryan Zickgraf, journalist who coined the term pink slime journalism.