Copy and Paste Journalism
Now a days, a modern journalism is just knowing two keystrokes. Copy and paste. Or Ctrl + A, Ctrl + C and Ctrl + V.
I am an avid news lover and readers. I follow lots of stories because they are my food and drink. I love intentional and national news. But I found out that the majority of reporters just use copy and paste method from one single source. It could be an AP, Router, AFP or BBC. It is really shameful journalism. The funniest thing is, if the original reporter makes any kind of error that error will propagate in all major news medias. Wow! What happened true journalism? Is it plagiarism? Do you think copy and paste makes some one a true reporter? Now I don’t have any trust what I am reading from news and watching from TV. Some times I have to call to the place where the event happened and ask the people. That is citizen journalism. They will tell you the truth because they don’t benefit by spicing the story.
2007-12-28 18:33:01 · 3 answers · asked by gorebet 1 in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
What you have described is plagiarism.
I would, however, beg to differ with you on one point - it is often the case that the place where the event happened benefits by spicing up the story.
You can't always trust the source, either.
2007-12-28 20:08:14 · answer #1 · answered by Polyglot Wannabe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think its better to copy and paste
and leave a story as original as possible
and tell the source
in the meanwhile you have to confirm the story
get behind the story
and get different opinions about it
2007-12-29 00:20:34 · answer #2 · answered by hein 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
duh?
2007-12-28 19:08:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋