When I read an article about something that I know about, there are so many things wrong in it. Makes me wonder about all the other topics, I mean they can't be experts in everything yet they write about it all ... What's your take?
2006-07-14 14:08:26 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
I would venture that some are more proficient than others.
There are all kind of newspapers though : from the serious ones right down to the tabloid.
Whether they admit it or not, newspapers are owned by very powerful people who usually have a say in the political arena (murdoch and company) Hence the different stances and opinions that you read.
It would be difficult to find an unbiased journalist however clever and knowledgeable s/he would be in my opinion.
And they are human beings too....with all their foibles afterall !
And there is the editor in charge no ? I'm sure (don't know!) that he vetos what he does not like.
If journalists always knew what they were talking about they would be pretty good at foreseeing the future.....look at stocks, market exchange in the business pages (no I don't read them) but at times...it is a hit or miss....a bit like meteorologists..
Quite a few times, I have seen newspapers retracting their stories with a small apology in some backpage......:-) which hardly anybody notices...
Look at the health pages....What was considered a risk yesterday by somebody (an expert) will be contradicted tomorrow by another expect in the field. Drives people bananas !!
If you compare newspapers from different political stances or even different countries : the way things and events are portrayed can be radically different.
Many newpapers have to feed their subscribers what they want to read. After all they want to keep their customers (business) and are more and more in competition with the internet where you don't pay anything to get the news.
Some readers send commentaries to fairly often correct something wrong contained in an article or just add their views.
Random thoughts........I don't subscribe to any newspaper anymore. I don't even read my local rag :-))!
Now.......if somebody could edit that.....most welcome :-)
2006-07-16 08:44:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Well i share some of your sentiments. Some journalists act like they now it all. On the other hand some may be able to write a lot about a particular topic becasue they have do extensive reserch or maybe becase they were trained in that particualer field of journalism eg medical journanlism or financial jounalism.
2006-07-14 14:13:10 · answer #2 · answered by kara 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well lets see it depends on are they for it or against it, also where did they get there info the ones i like are
Giraldo
60min
20/20
Myself
remember people are not perfect
2006-07-14 18:00:33 · answer #3 · answered by strawbarrycheey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when THEY are experts, they can be right.
It doesn't seem like they do enough research a lot of the time, though, does it?
2006-07-14 14:13:29 · answer #4 · answered by nickipettis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. because if they did, they could spill info to other presses and idiots in general
2006-07-14 14:12:08 · answer #5 · answered by aarqon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not only that, you have to take into account their POLITICAL leanings as well...
2006-07-14 14:12:44 · answer #6 · answered by R J 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think they just make stuff up.
2006-07-17 11:24:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't think so.
2006-07-14 14:11:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋