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Isn't it an accepted journalistic standard of some kind to smooth out the many stutters and small grammatical mistakes everyone makes when speaking verbally? E

Isn't it an accepted journalistic standard of some kind to smooth out the many stutters and small grammatical mistakes everyone makes when speaking verbally? Exact, word to word transcriptions like this are actually a classic dirty trick for news organizations to try to embarrass politicians they don't like. (Ballmer does much better than most.)

jimfl 17y ago
TechCrunch seems to revel in the abandonment of accepted journalistic standards. Story embargoes for example.
- jrockway 17y ago
  To be fair to TechCrunch, embargoes are a dumb idea. If you don't want people to know about something until a certain date, don't tell them until that date.
  - rbanffy 17y ago
    Embargoes allow real journalists to do better research, to make sure they understand what they are writing about and to, in general, provide higher quality information than TC would ever consider doing.
    - jrockway 17y ago
      Perhaps, but most bloggers wouldn't bother doing the research anyway. There are two kinds of news sources these days; blogs for instant facts, and real news sources (NYT, etc.) for actual thoughtful analysis. I would never expect the NYT to be first on any story, but I do expect it to be a good read. Usually my expectations are met. Anyway, TC is not journalism, it's a blog.
      - ujibuip 17y ago
        There are two kinds of news sources these days; blogs for people who have personal experience of the topic, and real news sources (NYT, etc.) for reprinting press releases of those companies that don't compete with their parent media group.
    - anamax 17y ago
      > Embargoes allow real journalists to do better research That's true, but basically irrelevant because "real journalists" (by that definition) are only slightly more common than unicorns. And it's irrelevant even wrt real journalists because the significant value that they actually add is their "scoop". If readers don't care, if they're satisfied with the reprinted press-release, ....

jimfl 17y ago

TechCrunch seems to revel in the abandonment of accepted journalistic standards. Story embargoes for example.

jrockway 17y ago
To be fair to TechCrunch, embargoes are a dumb idea. If you don't want people to know about something until a certain date, don't tell them until that date.
- rbanffy 17y ago
  Embargoes allow real journalists to do better research, to make sure they understand what they are writing about and to, in general, provide higher quality information than TC would ever consider doing.
  - jrockway 17y ago
    Perhaps, but most bloggers wouldn't bother doing the research anyway. There are two kinds of news sources these days; blogs for instant facts, and real news sources (NYT, etc.) for actual thoughtful analysis. I would never expect the NYT to be first on any story, but I do expect it to be a good read. Usually my expectations are met. Anyway, TC is not journalism, it's a blog.
    - ujibuip 17y ago
      There are two kinds of news sources these days; blogs for people who have personal experience of the topic, and real news sources (NYT, etc.) for reprinting press releases of those companies that don't compete with their parent media group.
  - anamax 17y ago
    > Embargoes allow real journalists to do better research That's true, but basically irrelevant because "real journalists" (by that definition) are only slightly more common than unicorns. And it's irrelevant even wrt real journalists because the significant value that they actually add is their "scoop". If readers don't care, if they're satisfied with the reprinted press-release, ....