what does it mean when two relatively reputable news sites have the exact same text for an article?? (Examples of reputable sites: cnn.com, Reuters, Boston.com, msn.com, etc.)
2006-09-19 04:13:56 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
They have probably taken the same story from what are called "news wire" services. These are news organizations with reporters all over the world. Reuters is a British (?) news service, and the Associated Press is the most common U.S. based news service. Many daily papers subscribe to a wire service from which they pull national and/or international stories that they can't cover with their own reporters.
2006-09-19 04:25:26 · answer #1 · answered by dontknow 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What you are seeing is a little twist on the story but it is really the same. One reporter sees it one way and the other sees it their way.
But what you normally see that matches up in both stories is not for us in this time in life but for people 100 years from now. If you just pull up a news story from 100 years ago you would wonder why was that happening. Well it was because a shuttle blew up and killed everyone so they repeat what happened leading up to it. So saying it is the first flight in 3 years would sound to our great great great great grand kids like we just started space flight. But if they go ahead and add the same clip they have the chance to understand that there was 3 years of repairs because we are trying to save lifes in our space program because of the deaths of 7 in one flight..
Sorry for going in cirles but I am just trying to say it right. Then there is the other thing where the reporters are free lance and are selling their stories to all and not to just one news cast.
2006-09-19 11:33:05 · answer #2 · answered by Don K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that means they have their reports from the same source.
2006-09-19 11:21:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋