this topic's probably been beaten to death already but here's my two cents
the inter-web has caused the decline in the level of professionlism in journalism. the dropping levels of literary skill and accuracy, not to mention the seeming lack of fact checking before publication now makes me question everything that seems outrageous, and instead of being relieved upon finding that the piece of news is in fact true, i'm nonplussed...take for example the following link to summarize it: it basically reports on how a tv station segment on krispy kreme's new donut inadvertently (or lazily) used a pic which was captioned (so good you'll suck d1ck)... http://uweekly.com/cowtown/?p=246
now, without actually trying to confirm the validity of such articles, I wont' usually send it out... i mean, what's it all come to when you can't even trust a seemingly respectable news source
no, this one particular article has not set me off, rather it's the daily instances of journalistic inaccuracy (and the fact that i've got a headache) that led to this point in time... is there no more pride in journalism? or not least, no more pride in actually knowing you did a good job???
true, some would say that there are no more "new stories" just "new views", but surely the fact that the things that these journalists report mold and shape the readers collective thoughts carries enough of an onus, a sense of responsibility to get the BLOODY things right!!!
phew... well that's it for me, if you want to get a hold of me, i'll be off in a corner somewhere with a red pen and today's newspaper circling all the mispelt words...
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