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minus-squareRapidcreekOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoA report on a statement is not speculation. The statement could be, but not the report.
minus-squareSheeEttin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months agoMaybe, but that’s not how the article is framed. Personally, I don’t think someone spouting off should be repeated. Good journalism would be investigating and verifying the claim.
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.
A report on a statement is not speculation. The statement could be, but not the report.
Maybe, but that’s not how the article is framed.
Personally, I don’t think someone spouting off should be repeated. Good journalism would be investigating and verifying the claim.
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