Not addressing the mask issue, but as to journalists, you are probably right. Once they publish something, they are right and nothing will change their mind. Of course, we see the same thing on INGO as well... Many members here won't back off a statement once made, facts be damned.I guess everybody in journalism is capable of this. They just have to find the issue that they feel strongly enough. In this case it’s mask hysteria and covid.
I bet if you ask her she will be a STRONG pro mask stance because she thinks they work and would stop this mess, and anyone who refuses is a murderer.
So you do not believe there should be investigative journalists?In my opinion journalists should actually have a mundane job writing about what happened at a place or event that readers did not attend.
The topic is reporting lies and even in the face of the truth not retracting them. That would apply to all journalists regardless of type. So an investigative journalist should stick to mundane job writing about what happened at a place or event that readers did not attend.So you do not believe there should be investigative journalists?
If an entity is engaged in shady activity and hiding actual events a reporter may need to dig to report those events. Most reporters seem fixated on creating stores that drive change even if the facts don't support it. I good example is Ms. Totenberg's report of actions by Sotomayor around face masks. Good reporting if it were true. Unfortunately Sotomayor denied it publicly and Ms. Totenberg has no evidence to support her report. Her credibility should be shot but of course it isn't.So you do not believe there should be investigative journalists?
The question this brings up is the biggest puzzlement of my life, why does our society put up with proven liars.Her credibility should be shot but of course it isn't.
Easy, because people like to listen to lies they want to believe even if they know or suspect they're wrong. NPR doesn't care if the story wasn't accurate because their listeners don't care. They gave the story their members wanted to hear.The question this brings up is the biggest puzzlement of my life, why does our society put up with proven liars.
I think the issue is opinion has overwhelmed facts in reporting. Obviously opinion was always a part of reporting, but it seems like it used to take a back seat to actual fact reporting. Today most "journalists" give opinion with possibly a little fact thrown in.If an entity is engaged in shady activity and hiding actual events a reporter may need to dig to report those events. Most reporters seem fixated on creating stores that drive change even if the facts don't support it. I good example is Ms. Totenberg's report of actions by Sotomayor around face masks. Good reporting if it were true. Unfortunately Sotomayor denied it publicly and Ms. Totenberg has no evidence to support her report. Her credibility should be shot but of course it isn't.
And I was replying to part of what HE said. Are you playing thread police again?The topic is reporting lies and even in the face of the truth not retracting them. That would apply to all journalists regardless of type. So an investigative journalist should stick to mundane job writing about what happened at a place or event that readers did not attend.
Get over yourself if you do not want to discuss in an open forums stay out of open forums. You can PM him…And I was replying to part of what HE said. Are you playing thread police again?
Get over yourself if you do not want to discuss in an open forums stay out of open forums. You can PM him…
I believe that is the way they are taught in journalism schools today and they are recruited for it…I think the issue is opinion has overwhelmed facts in reporting. Obviously opinion was always a part of reporting, but it seems like it used to take a back seat to actual fact reporting. Today most "journalists" give opinion with possibly a little fact thrown in.