Posted on 07/22/2012 10:37:08 AM PDT by Qbert
Journalistic mistakes are easy to make in the immediate wake of events like the horrific shootings last week in a movie theater in Colorado.
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But the stampede to speed is only part of the problem. I believe the media malfeasance also includes a disregard for the reputations of the people on whom we report. To me, that is the mortal sin. We in the mass media have tremendous power to harm reputations if we are not careful and we seem to be getting less and less careful until it must look to the public as if we couldnt care less.
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Ross, ABC News chief investigative reporter, told viewers that theres a Jim Holmes, of Aurora, Colorado, page on the Colorado Tea Party site. Furthermore, he added that it includes him talking about joining the Tea Party last year.
Ross did qualify the report saying, Now, we don't know if this is the same Jim Holmes, but it is Jim Holmes of Aurora, Colorado.
So, why put it out there in the first place, if you dont have it nailed down? And in this case, it was indeed the wrong Jim Holmes -- and Ross and ABC had to publish a correction and apology.
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Several million people saw Brians initial statement this morning, but how many saw the retraction and apology? he countered. I cant explain how outraged I am by this reporting, but what can you do? They issue a quick apology, no one in the media faces any consequences, and they go back to doing what they always do.
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ABC News declined comment Friday beyond the statement of correction and apology.
(Excerpt) Read more at articles.baltimoresun.com ...
I sent a complaint to ABC about Ross. They sent a reply saying I should complain to my local ABC affiliate, as though hiring Brian Ross was their idea.
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Suit denied.
Associated Press v. Walker, all the way to the United States Supreme Court,[33] and in 1967 the Supreme Court ruled against Edwin Walker and found that although the statements may have been false, the Associated Press was not guilty of reckless disregard in their reporting about Walker. AP had distributed the lie that former U.S. Army Major General and W.W.II special operations hero Edwin Walker had led mobs of whites against blacks at a Mississippi university campus.
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The only solution is to trash Brian Ross.
Do you think that the rumors about Brian’s latent pedophilia is true?
It's known that he likes to blow up pickup trucks.
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