Yeah, that worked really well in the MSM's coverage of the Israel/Hezbollah war.
ping
“While it has its place, the reality is it really isn’t journalism at all, and it opens up information flow to the strong probability of fraud and abuse.”
Wow, talk about irony.
“While it has its place, the reality is it really isn’t journalism at all, and it opens up information flow to the strong probability of fraud and abuse.”
Wow, talk about irony.
Yeah, Dan Rather sure found out about that, didn't he? Those darned citizen journalists just can't be trusted.
LOL
I guess “tell the truth” (which anyone can do without standards or training) is just too simple a concept for “journalists.”
jw
This is the funniest article I’ve read in a long time.
The irony is that the author apparently doesn't recognize that most Americans are convinced the MSM is already loaded with fraud and abuse. There's gotta be a reason "journalists" are among the very least respected professionals.
From the folks who participated in the framing of Richard Jewell.
What a snob! (the “author,” not you, abb)
1. "two source confirmation." Fine - establish that standard and stick to it. Otherwise STFU!
2. "There is no licensing, testing, mandatory education or boards of review." Then STFU!
3. "Most other professions do a poor job of self-regulation, but at least they have mechanisms to regulate themselves. Journalists do not."
Actually, it's a Laugh Riot.
"The news industry should find some way to monitor and regulate this new trend."
Then he says this,
"But unlike those other professions, journalism — at least in the United States — has never adopted uniform self-regulating standards"
So, an industry that has never effectively regulated itself should somehow reach out and regulate the activities of free citizens.
Utterly clueless
I think they mean "principles" here. Do they no longer teach correct English usage in J-School?
balanced reporting of both sides of a story
LOL.
Die, Big Media, die.
Yeah, that worked really well in the MSM's coverage of the Israel/Hezbollah war.
The author is obviously a high-class maroon. Someone ought to remind him of all the incidents of "fabricated news" that have come from "journalists"--up to and including "Rathergate".
Somehow that voluntary standard disappears when there is a chance to damage a political opponent of the journalist.
Sorry, any press report should be taken with the same grain of salt as something told to you by someone at a bar. It is up to you to determine whether the source is a professional in the field, or the drunk who is always muttering about the satellite mind control beams that President Kerry is firing at him.
Journalism schools such as mine at the University of Georgia should create mini-courses to certify citizen journalists in proper ethics and procedures, much as volunteer teachers, paramedics and sheriff's auxiliaries are trained and certified.
Remember, Constitutional rights must be limited by the government certification. You have a free press, but only the party in power determines whether you are actually the "press" or just a crackpot with a laser printer who must be arrested for saying something unpopular.
If the main stream media actually did this, there would not be any need for the public to step in and do the job they are not doing.
The fact is, everyone now knows that the main stream media can not be trusted to be honest, fair, or unbias.
The American people have "fired" them the only way they know how. They have done this by no longer watching the evening news, or by buying newspapers.
Further, they now take stories and put them on internet sites such as FreeRepublic where they can be discussed and different voices can be heard.
My mind is not made up on everything, and I have been known to change my mind if the right argument is presented. For the main stream media, there is only one point of view, and if you do not share it then there is something wrong with you.
That is not the way to win arguments or to convince others your point of view is the correct one.
There will always be a need for an organization to "gather" news, only now it is no longer a one way street.
There is now an opportunity for someone to provide raw news, that is nothing but the facts without any editorial comments within the stories. Unfortunately for the management of main stream media they think they are already doing that and can not understand why no one wants their product anymore.
Unfettered "citizen journalism" messes up the unfettered "left wing partisan journalism".
ROFL!! Yeah, like there isn't any fraud or abuse in professional journalism. (*coff* Dateline:NBC's pyrotechnics *coff* Dan Rather's memos *coff*).