Rapidcreek to News@lemmy.world · 7 months agoHamas Held Some Female Hostages Fearing They Would Tell Public With What Really Happened, US Official Suggeststhemessenger.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up124
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minus-squareRapidcreekOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoHe’s a government spokesman. Good journalism is to quote him directly, which they did. Quotation marks and everything.
minus-squareSheeEttin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoGood journalism would be not quoting and repeating unsubstantiated claims at all. Unless you’re going to write an article saying “spokesman makes wild and unsubstantiated claims at press conference”.
minus-squareRapidcreekOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoSo good journalism is actually editorials. It’s what you think, not what someone says.
minus-squareSheeEttin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoThere’s a term for repeating merely what someone says: hearsay. In no way should that be considered news or journalism.
He’s a government spokesman. Good journalism is to quote him directly, which they did. Quotation marks and everything.
Good journalism would be not quoting and repeating unsubstantiated claims at all.
Unless you’re going to write an article saying “spokesman makes wild and unsubstantiated claims at press conference”.
So good journalism is actually editorials. It’s what you think, not what someone says.
There’s a term for repeating merely what someone says: hearsay. In no way should that be considered news or journalism.
That’s pretty funny