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I think that the old journalism infrastructure created a public sentiment that journalists had to follow some kind of deontological code (that it was real or no
by Valgrim 6y ago
I think that the old journalism infrastructure created a public sentiment that journalists had to follow some kind of deontological code (that it was real or not is debatable). Now, between the paid-for articles (they call it "native advertising"), algorithmic dissemination of information and opinion pieces presented as facts, I think people are getting confused about what source they can trust or not.
- jawns 6y agoYou're right. We've come a long way from, "Papa says, 'If you see it in THE SUN it's so." Most (but admittedly not all) reporters and editors I've known have held themselves to the code you mention. The problem is that it's very rare for a reporter or editor to have the final say. It's the publisher who has that prerogative. And most (but not all) publishers I've met have little sense of that code. Their job is to make money for their shareholders. And in a desperate environment where ever dollar is hard-won, it doesn't surprise me that the publishers have resorted to tactics that water down the credulity of their properties.