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News articles not checking sources is pretty standard. A few years ago I had a blog post about something regarding Apple picked up by the Hong Kong Free Press a
by larrysalibra 7y ago
News articles not checking sources is pretty standard. A few years ago I had a blog post about something regarding Apple picked up by the Hong Kong Free Press and then the New York Times. It ended up resulting in articles across hundreds of publications. The only publications that talked to me and Apple were the New York Times, the original Hong Kong Free Press and a CNN money reporter. Everyone else was just rewriting other posts.
The economics of the industry drive this behavior - most reporters have a quota of stories they have to write per day and there's no time or budget to even email sources let alone sit around waiting for a reply.
If you want to read more about this, I recommend the book "Trust me, I'm lying" by Ryan Holiday.
- nemosaltat 7y agoExcellent book. I particularly like his thoughts on the “link economy”- how links give credence to statements in an article despite the fact that they may not even link to a relevant or accurate source. That said, I “read” a lot of of audiobooks and this one is self-narrated. I highly recommend the book, but don’t recommend Ryan Holiday as a narrator.
- fernandotakai 7y agoi've found that trust me i'm lying was horribly recorded (at least on audible) --i tried listening to it twice, and just couldn't. i also tried listening to conspiracy, also by him, and it was much more enjoyable (he narrates, but the sound quality is much better).