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I think this article shows how fragile is the world today and how a simple person can mess up everything. Wikipedia should be use only to have ideas but not as a main source. Also this article shows how media is stressed about news. We can say, rather they do that because someone is behind them and if they don't publish something they are going to be fired or they are doing this because they need to fill pages. It is in situation like this, that we ask ourselves if we can trust the media. In my opinion, knowing this kind of stuff can happen, journalists will take care more from where they are taking their news.
Embarrassing fact-checking mistakes are going to be an increasing part of our media diet. With print media deathly ill we will see a corresponding decline in editorial standards. The increasing amount of of online journalism and the cost cutting that goes hand-in-hand with the move online, leads to the companies that own news outlines trimming staff while increasing demands on the ones remaining. Obituary writers cribbing off Wikipedia is not just an example of lazy journalism, but of the decreasing standards of professional journalism, due to reduced sales, cost-cutting and staff redundancies.
In recent times, the way in which the media are going about their day to day functions has changed. Significantly in print media, notably newspapers, the change has seen less and less investigative reporting. For much of the 20th century, investigative and informed journalism was the core business of many newspapers who often had numerous reporters and writers devoted to it.
With the advent of specialization, these roles are no longer needed. As a consequence of that, the reporting has become increasingly superficial. Reporters are often covering anything from news to sport to entertainment and not ensuring the investigative reporting is being done. This has resulted in reporters simply relaying exactly what they can find on the likes of Wikipedia with no investigative work carried out whatsoever.
In time gone past, investigative reporters would be at the coalface of the story and therefore providing accurate, intelligent and informed reporting to society. Sadly this is not happening and with technology growing, won’t happen again!
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ReplyDeleteI think this article shows how fragile is the world today and how a simple person can mess up everything. Wikipedia should be use only to have ideas but not as a main source.
ReplyDeleteAlso this article shows how media is stressed about news. We can say, rather they do that because someone is behind them and if they don't publish something they are going to be fired or they are doing this because they need to fill pages. It is in situation like this, that we ask ourselves if we can trust the media. In my opinion, knowing this kind of stuff can happen, journalists will take care more from where they are taking their news.
Embarrassing fact-checking mistakes are going to be an increasing part of our media diet. With print media deathly ill we will see a corresponding decline in editorial standards. The increasing amount of of online journalism and the cost cutting that goes hand-in-hand with the move online, leads to the companies that own news outlines trimming staff while increasing demands on the ones remaining. Obituary writers cribbing off Wikipedia is not just an example of lazy journalism, but of the decreasing standards of professional journalism, due to reduced sales, cost-cutting and staff redundancies.
ReplyDeleteIn recent times, the way in which the media are going about their day to day functions has changed. Significantly in print media, notably newspapers, the change has seen less and less investigative reporting. For much of the 20th century, investigative and informed journalism was the core business of many newspapers who often had numerous reporters and writers devoted to it.
ReplyDeleteWith the advent of specialization, these roles are no longer needed. As a consequence of that, the reporting has become increasingly superficial. Reporters are often covering anything from news to sport to entertainment and not ensuring the investigative reporting is being done. This has resulted in reporters simply relaying exactly what they can find on the likes of Wikipedia with no investigative work carried out whatsoever.
In time gone past, investigative reporters would be at the coalface of the story and therefore providing accurate, intelligent and informed reporting to society. Sadly this is not happening and with technology growing, won’t happen again!