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<blockquote data-quote="Thirteen Below" data-source="post: 1066878" data-attributes="member: 18006"><p>The internet has been a major contributory factor in the destruction of journalism, IMO. The public in general no longer values good journalism, and the crap that floods social media makes it increasingly difficult for average people to assess the accuracy of information. At the same time, newspapers lost readership, and could no longer afford to pay their reporters.</p><p></p><p>As media outlets lost staff, the quality of journalism inevitably declined. People became accustomed to immediate information, and in their haste to be the first to break a story (any story), fact-checking became almost irrelevant. When I was a reporter, I never <em>ever </em>stated something as a fact - no matter how minor - without confirming it thoroughly, and documenting my source material so that I didn't have to rely on memory. My name was at the top of every article, so in a way, I was attesting with my signature that every single thing I wrote was true to the best of my knowledge.</p><p></p><p>Now? The media is infested with "journalists" who just repeat what they see other "journalists" are publishing on other websites, like a dog chasing its own tail. I can hardly blame people for not trusting the "media." The so-called "media" is (overall) not the least bit concerned about being accurate about anything; they only care about being first.</p><p></p><p>I can completely understand why the public is losing so much respect for the media. There are no more Cronkites, Sevareids, or Murrows out there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thirteen Below, post: 1066878, member: 18006"] The internet has been a major contributory factor in the destruction of journalism, IMO. The public in general no longer values good journalism, and the crap that floods social media makes it increasingly difficult for average people to assess the accuracy of information. At the same time, newspapers lost readership, and could no longer afford to pay their reporters. As media outlets lost staff, the quality of journalism inevitably declined. People became accustomed to immediate information, and in their haste to be the first to break a story (any story), fact-checking became almost irrelevant. When I was a reporter, I never [I]ever [/I]stated something as a fact - no matter how minor - without confirming it thoroughly, and documenting my source material so that I didn't have to rely on memory. My name was at the top of every article, so in a way, I was attesting with my signature that every single thing I wrote was true to the best of my knowledge. Now? The media is infested with "journalists" who just repeat what they see other "journalists" are publishing on other websites, like a dog chasing its own tail. I can hardly blame people for not trusting the "media." The so-called "media" is (overall) not the least bit concerned about being accurate about anything; they only care about being first. I can completely understand why the public is losing so much respect for the media. There are no more Cronkites, Sevareids, or Murrows out there. [/QUOTE]
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