Um, he's from Norway

freitasm: Journalists don't understand that their job is to find the truth. "If someone says it’s raining and another person says it’s dry, it’s not your job to quote them both. It’s your job to look out the window and find out which is true." (Sam Kinch and ‎Stuart Long)

gzt: ...

More broadly that criticism is the result of a misconception. Accurate reporting of events is correctly the primary concern. "Finding the truth" has tended to be the job of an investigative journalist then and now.

Tldr; Not all journalists wear all hats as part of their job description.

But still not an excuse for the sloppy journalism and editing that is frequently highlighted in this forum. 

(Incidentally, the error I pointed out in my previous post has now been fixed in the online article...but they can't undo screen snips😆 )

Umm.... today is Wednesday right ? Apparently a man died today, Tuesday. 

xpd:

 

Umm.... today is Wednesday right ? Apparently a man died today, Tuesday. 

 

 

 

 

Guess we wait and see if they rise again on the 3rd day ?

floydbloke: But still not an excuse for the sloppy journalism and editing that is frequently highlighted in this forum. 

(Incidentally, the error I pointed out in my previous post has now been fixed in the online article...but they can't undo screen snips😆 )

Dingbatt: , but I suggest* recent graduates of journalism courses operate under different priorities. They will; Quote opinion as fact (OAF), Cut and Paste press releases verbatim, Use social media as a source, Use sound bites to alter context, Stand outside a location for a live cross hours after an event has occurred, And, Only report what is allowed by their organisation.

gzt:

Dingbatt: , but I suggest* recent graduates of journalism courses operate under different priorities. They will; Quote opinion as fact (OAF), Cut and Paste press releases verbatim, Use social media as a source, Use sound bites to alter context, Stand outside a location for a live cross hours after an event has occurred, And, Only report what is allowed by their organisation.

I've already dealt with the perfect past fallacy.

These are all legitimate criticisms of journalistic practice.

Instead of blaming individual journalists or perhaps blaming educators for this situation you need to realise that most of these aspects are required by the industry in which they are employed.

Dingbatt: The days of reporting displayed in the movie All The President’s Men are long gone.

SheriffNZ: In which case, we as consumers should vote with our wallets.

gzt:

Dingbatt: The days of reporting displayed in the movie All The President’s Men are long gone.

I'm not sure why on earth you would believe that to be the case.

Yes, perhaps not the best example. But I was looking at it from the “intrepid reporter seeks the truth” aspect rather than the seedy world of politics, which I’m sure is alive and well, if not worse.

A non sequitur from NZH in a story today about an unexploded WWII bomb found in Plymouth, UK:

“The reason the bomb did not explode “will never be known”, it added, but it may have been that some of the properties in the area were evacuated for a time, and the bomb was simply overlooked.”

So the bomb didn’t explode because no-one was home? Or because no-one knew it was there?

eracode:

 

So the bomb didn’t explode because no-one was home? Or because no-one knew it was there?

 

If a tree falls in a forrest....