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> Speak for yourself! It varies greatly with the journalist and publication, of course, but journalists earn my trust every day in their articles. I am speakin
by anankaie 3y ago
> Speak for yourself! It varies greatly with the journalist and publication, of course, but journalists earn my trust every day in their articles.
I am speaking statistically. Trust in the media is at an all-time low: https://deadline.com/2021/10/news-media-trust-gallup-1234852211/ https://deadline.com/2021/10/news-media-trust-gallup-1234852.... I'm happy that you don't see that in your personal consumption, but I would urge you to take your own advice.
> But how do you maintain access to key information valuable to the public, while criticizing the people who provide it? It's a real challenge.
You do investigation. You hire private investigators. You find courageous individuals who will blow the whistle and have the courage to do so publically. You certainly do not continue to use "anonymous sources" when they have shows themselves completely worthless, while lying to your audience that you have vetted the information.
> If you can't take some disagreement, you are in the wrong place! Probably you shouldn't read journalism either.
Not at all. But your earlier comment implies that there could not be anything to GPs stance than ignorance. This showed your own ignorance as to the state of affairs re: trust in journalism, along with other institutions. Blaming rightly-earned distrust on ignorance... See my comment above.
- wolverine876 3y ago> You do investigation. You hire private investigators. You find courageous individuals who will blow the whistle and have the courage to do so publically. Agreed! And it happens daily in at least the serious news media. Though I'm not sure where private investigators fit - the journalists are already professional investigators. > "anonymous sources" ... have shows themselves completely worthless Speaking of worthless, these claims seem pretty empty of value. Certainly many exceptionally valuable, true things have come from anonymous sources. Certainly there aren't always alternatives to them.