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> Journalists are addicted to attribution. Having actually been the subject of news stories a few times (appearing in multiple papers each time), I doubt that.
by oefrha 3y ago
> Journalists are addicted to attribution.
Having actually been the subject of news stories a few times (appearing in multiple papers each time), I doubt that. Journalists managed to shuffle quotes around people, e.g. putting my words in someone else’s mouth or someone else’s in mine, or creatively edited what I said and hence distorting it (published inside double quotes of course), even though I gave all of them a printed document of everything I said in the interview and more.
- ogou 3y agoYou're conflating attribution and accuracy. They found in you someone to attribute the statements to, but didn't do it accurately. Quoting someone is a special kind of deflection of responsibility. Same if it's a verbal quote or a tweet.
- soco 3y agoWas this happening in ye olden times before Twitter, or was caused by today's "journalism" at its best? (quotes are mine)
- oefrha 3y agoThe old times, before the make-a-clickbait-story-out-of-a-random-tweet-and-verify-nothing era, though two cases happened after the literal advent of Twitter.