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But IS investigative reporting "news"? Traditionally they've been bundled together, and there is undoubtedly overlap (depending on the piece), but at their core

by larrik 13y ago

But IS investigative reporting "news"? Traditionally they've been bundled together, and there is undoubtedly overlap (depending on the piece), but at their core they could be considered quite different.

api 13y ago
If you exclude investigative reporting from "news," then that means that the veracity of news is predicated on perfect trust in institutions. You must assume that all the pronouncements and press releases of governments, corporations, and interest groups are completely honest and accurate.
- zAy0LfpBZLC8mAC 13y ago
  Or to maybe put it even more bluntly: If you don't consider investigative reporting to be news, then "news" becomes a synonym for what we would generally call "propaganda".
- Semiapies 13y ago
  Which the beloved "objective" news does, uncritically rewriting press releases and cheerfully transcribing whatever spin government figures like to give under cover of anonymity. Because, and let's be blunt, "objective" news is what partisans call reporting about politicians they like that doesn't make them uncomfortable.
SideburnsOfDoom 13y ago
> But IS investigative reporting "news"? Yes, absolutely. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed: everything else is public relations." - George Orwell.
Zigurd 13y ago
90%+ of "news" is regurgitated PR. Original reporting, including investigative reporting, may seem out of place in that context, but it is much more accurately called news than what is usually fed to the public.