New media organization says ‘You can handle the truth’ [VIDEO]

NowThis News set up a giant inflatable speech bubble on Hofstra University’s campus on the day of the presidential debate as a “journalistic tool”.

“There’s a big problem in mainstream media where, often, everyone is always telling you where the truth should

take you,” said Win Rosenfeld, spokesperson for NowThis. “What the ‘Truth Booth’ does is takes out that middle man. It gives you an ability to come in and to actually, unvarnished, tell your version of the truth.”

The hope is that by removing a stressing environment, participants will speak freely regarding their political candidate of choice, or any other topic they wish to discuss.

“It’s kind of like a confessional, so anything that you’re thinking — it can be about politics, or anything at all — you go in and you tell your own truth,” said Katie Quinn, a video journalist for NowThis News.