Media & Journalism - July 2007

I read a supposedly reliable British paper (hint: it says it's independent) on-line just now. The article had a factual mistake in it. I'm not going to describe the mistake. All I am saying is that I know 100% that this newspaper article got an obvious fact wrong, because I checked different reliable sources. And a few weeks ago I again saw a very bad and very obvious factual mistake in yet another popular 'news'paper. I'm not talking of prejudices, just the basic facts that were wrong.

Don't journalists/writers check their facts before publishing it? I am quite disappointed because this is not the first time. How can we trust any newspaper with the important stuff if small but important facts are not correct? Where are the standards?

This is why I take everything- every economic discussion, opinion piece, celebrity speculation and so on with a sack of salt, nevermind a grain/pinch! It's scary.

Have you also read blatant blunders in a supposedly 'good' source?

2007-07-16 03:57:32 · 15 answers · asked by Blodeuedd 2

Does anyone know where i can find this?

2007-07-15 21:31:47 · 1 answers · asked by Goggie 1

I remember she used to work for KYMA News Channel 11 in Yuma Arizona

2007-07-15 17:54:46 · 1 answers · asked by abea89 1

I liked his first film, and then he kinda lost me. His ego got as big as his waist and now he likes to show one side of every story, which is not good journalism. I respect his his right to state his opinions, but they should be presented that way. He's so into sensationalism he loses any chance of telling a intelligent story.

This is just my opinion.

2007-07-15 17:40:09 · 9 answers · asked by Robert B 2

2007-07-15 14:44:30 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-15 12:03:57 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-15 11:18:23 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

The pentagon, the towers... etc.
i just keep running into these conspiracy sites, and seeing videos about how it was more than just the plane that collapsed the towers.... I understand it was a tragedy, and i understand the patriotism needed for our country.... so don't get all bent out of shape. But alot of the so called "evidence" these people talk about and present (not just lowlife idiots either) is pretty convincing.

2007-07-15 10:46:10 · 9 answers · asked by super_genius_man 2

I am talking the Discovery Channel banner (The Secrets of Egypts Lost Queen) right now on Yahoo news and elsewhere...I like History but I think this is a rude intrusion into my morning, and should be banned. It is ridiculous that they warn before showing a female breast, but obviously no problem with a view like this. Children are looking, and they get nightmares, I had to pass on breakfast when saw first...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070715/ap_on_el_pr/campaign_money_16

2007-07-15 09:50:15 · 11 answers · asked by Gabriella V 2

2007-07-15 09:20:20 · 3 answers · asked by L♥VE 2

Why do the news media especially Fox News hide from exposing the consipracy between NOAA and the insurance companies? They are using terror tactics to force the citizens of the U.S. to endure high rates. They are predicting high hurricanes numbers, when they know the cycle is actually going down. The hurricane season of 2004 was tragic and they are using that to promote higher rates. As you can see now 2005, 2006 were off dramatically. The NOAA made two adjustments, lowering their predictions to even be close to what actually happened. When will the media expose this conspiracy?

2007-07-15 08:55:52 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

WHY DOES CNN WASTE THEIR TIME ON PEOPLE WHO ARE HUMAN JUST LIKE US???
EVERYTIME A FAMOUS PERSON DOES SOMETHING WRONG THEY ACKNOWLEDGE IT BUT LET THEM DO SOMETHING THAT IS POSITIVE THEY OVER LOOK IT.
WHAT ABOUT ALL THE POSITIVE THINGS THESE WOMEN HAVE DONE TO HELP OUR SOCIETY.

2007-07-15 08:25:08 · 14 answers · asked by whatever 2

2007-07-15 07:30:08 · 1 answers · asked by Jaci A 1

2007-07-15 06:56:55 · 1 answers · asked by Jaci A 1

The national newspapers could run like 100 smaller pics of each birthday girl with their norks out on each Page 3 per day.. instead of one big photo page3.

2007-07-15 06:22:05 · 18 answers · asked by Joe Bloggs 4

Do only white people know how to speak english properly?
Is that a notion in the media industry to recruit whites only as editors, journalists, and columnists in magazines and newspapers. We see such far and between colored people but they are hindered for roles in writing for a column or headline.

2007-07-15 00:55:16 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

From The Sun....May 6th

http://www.thesun.co.uk/articl.....45,00.html

Distraught Kate rang long-time friends Jon and Michelle Corner, the twins’ godparents, at their Merseyside home to break the news.

Jon, whose wife grew up with GP Kate in their home city of Liverpool, said: “She phoned at about 3am. She just blurted out that Maddie had been abducted.

“She said, ‘They’ve broken the shutter on the window and taken my little girl’. She’s still devastated. She’s very upset that the police don’t seem to be doing anything.”

Oddly enough....in the very same report.......

Resort boss John Hill said 70 staff and guests searched until 4.30am after the family raised the alarm, while border police, Spanish cops and airports were notified. He said: “It was a very emotional and frantic night.”
But he insisted there was NO physical evidence Maddie had been abducted from the apartment. He said: “We are still hoping Madeleine is asleep under a bush and we’ll find her sle

2007-07-14 23:03:29 · 12 answers · asked by bb3003 1

2007-07-14 22:32:52 · 1 answers · asked by poopski 3

I don't literally mean "today", I mean like in this decade.

2007-07-14 19:58:06 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-14 16:45:30 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2007/7/13/210754.shtml?s=lh

2007-07-14 15:58:37 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

i do this sometimes not 'cuz i have to but for the experience since i'm able to. i feel like i'm intruding sometimes. wondering if there were people here on the opposite end and wondering how you feel being interviewed. thanks

2007-07-14 13:18:24 · 4 answers · asked by anonymous24242424 4

2007-07-14 08:46:08 · 19 answers · asked by captbullshot 5

I think they make a cute couple, just wondering if this was true.

2007-07-14 08:23:34 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-14 01:47:08 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-14 00:41:30 · 8 answers · asked by wunder_bred 3

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=6ba0sxh

-Marine Biologist
-Pediatrician
-Teacher
-News Anchor
-Talk Show Host
-Magazine Editor
-Other (please list)

2007-07-13 19:27:17 · 15 answers · asked by LaLa 2

2007-07-13 18:28:03 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Personally, I give her another 6 months to a year. The job doesn't fit her personality (CBS should have given it to the much more suitable John Roberts) and parting of the ways will be good for her too.

2007-07-13 15:57:36 · 13 answers · asked by Stephen L 6

There is a new alquida video all over the internet which the FBI says probably had signals in it to start an attack on the US. Why then do we we post that video all over the internet, put it on the air, the TV, satelite, FM and AM, short way, Newspapers, magazines.....everywhere where somebody can read or watch it easily. Why are so incredible stupid?

2007-07-13 14:57:15 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous