News Values

[poliphilo]

Now we're being told that the Brazilian man the police shot in Stockwell wasn't wearing a puffa jacket and didn't vault over the ticket barrier to escape.

This is the problem with our rolling 24 hour news services: reporters are so hungry for product they'll accept and process anything that comes their way- conjecture, rumour, misinformation, lies- and the obligation to speak to camera every fifteen minutes means that they don't have time to go check their "facts". More news means worse news.

Comments

[idahoswede.livejournal.com]

"Become"? Silly man, I've been a cynic, especially about government, since I was 16 years old. My first job after school was in Washington, D.C. for the Associated Press during the Johnson Administration. I learned cynicism from the very best.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I used to an idealist. I always knew that the current incumbent of the White House or 10 Downing Street was a crook, but lived in hope that "come the revolution" we'd aquire honest leaders.