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It's NPR, not your mom-and-pop radio station. I'm sure they verify the story before publishing it.
by ajays 14y ago
It's NPR, not your mom-and-pop radio station. I'm sure they verify the story before publishing it.
- pavel_lishin 14y agoJust like This American Life verified every story, until they didn't and it blew up in their face.
- Apocryphon 14y agoThis American Life isn't even on NPR. It's part of PRI.
- ajays 14y ago"This American Life" is not a news program. But you already knew that.
- smallblacksun 14y ago"The Picture Show" is not a news program either.
- ajays 14y agoI don't understand where the hate is coming from. What are people disputing here? That the picture was found on Flickr? That the scientists didn't really see the picture? What is it, exactly, that's getting in your craw? It's a trivial little story. The thing that got me to comment here was the fact that it (the new species) wasn't named after the photographer; that's all. But I am really surprised to see people questioning the veracity of the story which is so insignificant (there are 100s of new species being discovered all the time; it's not like they found Sasquatch or something), and the baffling assertion that it's got something to do with the management at Flickr.... really?!?!?
- dionidium 14y agoWell, right, and then dedicated an entire episode to a retraction and apology, which is to say that even that show clearly takes verification seriously.
- Tloewald 14y agoIt's actually a positive sign when a media outlet makes a public retraction. Which do you think is more corrupt, a country like the US that has imprisoned governors and impeached presidents, or a country which has never questioned its leaders?