Trust in the mass media is at an all-time low. Two-thirds of Americans believe the mainstream press publishes fake news.
Yes, there’s still much good journalism to be found, if you know where to look. Yet, ask reporters who’ve been around a while, and many will tell you that a lot of good journalism is being left unpublished. Good journalists hate what’s happening to the news.
We have only ourselves to blame.
Firewalls that once strictly separated news from opinion have been replaced by hopelessly blurred lines. Once-forbidden practices such as editorializing within straight news reports, and the inclusion of opinions as if fact, are not only tolerated; they’re encouraged.
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WNU editor: Sharyll Attkinsson is right. If I was to do a blog on the media and how it covers stories, avoid stories, and (heaven forbid) alter and distort stories .... I will be busy 24/7.
3 comments:
We can trust some news outlets but not others. That said: which ones are ok and which not? No specifics here. A generalized statement that news can be faked without giving examples. I am sure such things exist decent how much more convincing the article would be if examples, specifics were given.
Well Fred beat me to it. Sheryl seemed as though she was on to a very promising career until she went over the top or down the rabbit hole or whatever metaphor you wish to use. The came the anti-vaxxer, Benghazi, Clinton conspiracies with hitting the backspace key on her computer as evidence of hacking.
Ben Ghazi was real.
The U.S. was moving weapons from Benghazi to Syria.
The purposeful lack of a response to come to the aid of people in Benghazi was real too.
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