Media Credibility...
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2020 2:51 am
...is it dead?
We in the media have, to a frightening degree, gotten on board with the efforts to convince the public that they do not need or deserve access to all information, only that which powerful interests see fit for them to have
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Under Trump, the press very publicly announced it was suspending its longstanding journalism ethics and guidelines to cover someone they claimed was uniquely dangerous. They began carelessly publishing information from anonymous sources "without evidence," even when such sources repeatedly proved wrong. When I was at CBS News, we followed strict guidelines as to when and how anonymous sources could be used. For example, anonymous sources were to be used only as a last resort if the information could not be gathered in another way. We were to disclose with as much specificity as possible any conflicts of interest the party might have and what type of position or access that person held or holds. Now, instead of quoting others, journalists merely make claims and determinations themselves, blending their opinion into hard news reporting, telling people which side is supposedly correct rather than letting the public decide. They even declare information to be fact as if they had personally confirmed it, when they could not possibly have done so.
https://www.americanthinker.com/article ... z6gHQzJDgq
We in the media have, to a frightening degree, gotten on board with the efforts to convince the public that they do not need or deserve access to all information, only that which powerful interests see fit for them to have
...
Under Trump, the press very publicly announced it was suspending its longstanding journalism ethics and guidelines to cover someone they claimed was uniquely dangerous. They began carelessly publishing information from anonymous sources "without evidence," even when such sources repeatedly proved wrong. When I was at CBS News, we followed strict guidelines as to when and how anonymous sources could be used. For example, anonymous sources were to be used only as a last resort if the information could not be gathered in another way. We were to disclose with as much specificity as possible any conflicts of interest the party might have and what type of position or access that person held or holds. Now, instead of quoting others, journalists merely make claims and determinations themselves, blending their opinion into hard news reporting, telling people which side is supposedly correct rather than letting the public decide. They even declare information to be fact as if they had personally confirmed it, when they could not possibly have done so.
https://www.americanthinker.com/article ... z6gHQzJDgq