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> Journalism is about presenting both sides of a story Not at all. Journalism is about presenting the truth. You're talking about journamalism.
by jellicle 13y ago
> Journalism is about presenting both sides of a story
Not at all. Journalism is about presenting the truth. You're talking about journamalism.
- pyre 13y agoThe definition I found of 'journamalism' is: An attempt to report the news marred with shoddy research, fact suppression, or a mere retyping of the press release/talking points Giving fringe views and wild theories equal space doesn't seem to apply to this definition. I'm not saying that it's good journalism, but I'm not seeing it at 'journamalism.' On the same token, not reporting facts like, "some people are Holocaust-deniers," just because their views might be wrong seems to fit with the 'fact suppression' definition of 'journamalism.'
- TheCraiggers 13y agoI think that depends on how it's done, and the context. For example, I believe reporting things like "some people think Obama is a Muslim spy" or, worse yet, "Is Obama a Muslim Spy? Find out at 11" fits that description fairly well. At best, it's extra noise in the signal. At worse, it's a annoying way of "reporting" by appealing to the emotions and fears of the lowest common denominator. It's no more journalism than tabloid trash in my opinion. Actually, I'd say it's worse as the unwashed masses latch on to arguments like this and may ignore more important topics either because their minds are full of crud, or because their emotional response has already been tweaked- i,e,. "I can't trust this guy, he's a muslim spy!"