Originally posted by B.V.W.S.B.GM
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Originally posted by richpjr View PostEnough to know that if you violated something said to you in confidence, it would be the last time ever said anything to you in confidence.
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Originally posted by 6025 View PostSo you're discounting what 420 said about finding another source? Isn't that journalism 101? But like you, I'm no journalist so what do I know?
But what would I know about Journalism 101?
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Isn't following the money the clearest and most direct path to what eventually corrupted journalistic integrity? First it was cable with it's non-stop news, then entertainment news shows, and then the internet. Is that right?For Stinky-Jon-Wizzleteats....
"Pray for strength and healing oh and money!"
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Originally posted by Fred View PostIsn't following the money the clearest and most direct path to what eventually corrupted journalistic integrity? First it was cable with it's non-stop news, then entertainment news shows, and then the internet. Is that right?
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Originally posted by B.V.W.S.B.GM View PostYep. Money. But it is not anything new. Journalism has been corrupt, off and on, since people started reading.
Seemed like there was more integrity in journalism - in the U.S. - during the 1960's and 1970's especially. Is that right?For Stinky-Jon-Wizzleteats....
"Pray for strength and healing oh and money!"
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Originally posted by 6025 View PostSo you're discounting what 420 said about finding another source? Isn't that journalism 101? But like you, I'm no journalist so what do I know?
But there is a mighty bold assumptions here - how do you know he didn't find another source that was willing to speak on the record and nobody wanted to? I did ask a family member who is a journalist about it and he said he agreed with 420 about checking with another source, BUT a beat writer's career would be over if he violated a confidence so he likely wouldn't have done anything with something not very consequential like that. But what does he know as a practicing journalist?
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Originally posted by B.V.W.S.B.GM View PostThat one I would not know.For Stinky-Jon-Wizzleteats....
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Originally posted by richpjr View PostI pretty much discount everything 420 says, so what's new? And you are right, I work at a software company, not as a journalist.
But there is a mighty bold assumptions here - how do you know he didn't find another source that was willing to speak on the record and nobody wanted to? I did ask a family member who is a journalist about it and he said he agreed with 420 about checking with another source, BUT a beat writer's career would be over if he violated a confidence so he likely wouldn't have done anything with something not very consequential like that. But what does he know as a practicing journalist?
Would your friend have not printed a story because a source said not to?
The only reasons I held back news stories were because I was waiting on a bigger story that my current story would otherwise ruin and also because it was related to undercover police work.
But because some rich dude told me not to? Never. And I was nothing extraordinary. This was true of any journalist I ever worked with.
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Originally posted by B.V.W.S.B.GM View PostHow was that not a news worthy story for a Chargers beat writer? What else was going on that day? Week?
Would your friend have not printed a story because a source said not to?
The only reasons I held back news stories were because I was waiting on a bigger story that my current story would otherwise ruin and also because it was related to undercover police work.
But because some rich dude told me not to? Never. And I was nothing extraordinary. This was true of any journalist I ever worked with.For Stinky-Jon-Wizzleteats....
"Pray for strength and healing oh and money!"
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