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Yes, the news does, in fact, look different when not subjected to $50k of pre-planning and post-production per clip. If you find this surprising or dismaying, t

Yes, the news does, in fact, look different when not subjected to $50k of pre-planning and post-production per clip. If you find this surprising or dismaying, the problem lies in you, not in the news.

scott_s 17y ago
The news looks significantly different when it's not subject to basic fact checking and the people reporting don't even pretend to adhere to journalistic ethics.
- yummyfajitas 17y ago
  No basic fact checking? That sounds just like the regular news; just ask Rush Limbaugh (victim of a fake quote, which the media just accepted without fact checking).
  - dagw 17y ago
    Using Rush Limbaugh as you baseline example for "regular news" rather invalidates your argument.
  - unalone 17y ago
    Rush Limbaugh also uses tons of fake quotes without checking them. I agree with your point, but I'd hate Rush to appear in a remotely favorable light.
dagw 17y ago
Are random clips of video without context or background even news? That's the real question. That pre-planing and post-production can greatly aid in putting the clip in the necessary context and to make sure that it actually illustrates what it claims to illustrate. Can production be abused, of course, but the answer is not to remove production from news. Misleading reporting isn't OK just because it's done by a guy with a phone and twitter account, and "everybody else does it" is not an excuse.