{"id":73190,"date":"2017-07-03T12:07:20","date_gmt":"2017-07-03T16:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=73190"},"modified":"2017-07-03T12:10:08","modified_gmt":"2017-07-03T16:10:08","slug":"the-death-throes-of-journalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=73190","title":{"rendered":"The death throes of journalism"},"content":{"rendered":"

This last week, CNN finally admitted that they have been pushing the story about links between the president and Russia purely for ratings, not because of some calling to inform the public. When the story fell apart, they accepted the resignations of some of their employees in order to appear as if the network had been duped. So, at USAToday<\/a>, Paul Schiff Berman writes that CNN should have stood by their reporters and producers;<\/p>\n

But should the three journalists involved have resigned? That seems pretty extreme given the type of error involved. After all, unraveling the financial dealings of Trump and his associates with various individuals connected with the Russian government is an exceedingly complex task that will undoubtedly take time and result in at least a few missteps along the way. As journalism professor Phillip Meyer has written, \u201cA newspaper with a zero level of factual errors is a newspaper that is missing deadline, taking too few risks, or both.\u201d<\/p>\n

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That\u2019s why CNN and all other media organizations now more than ever need to support their journalists. The White House is clearly coming after them, going so far as to label news organizations an \u201cenemy of the American people.\u201d So, correct errors where they occur, of course. But stand behind your people and send a message to this administration that you will not be intimidated. Democracy, at this moment of peril, demands nothing less.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If I make even a spelling error here, I get pummeled, I can only imagine what would happen if I got a story completely wrong. But, then I’m not a journalist, am I? I do publish original stories, and if I want to continue doing that, I have to give you the truth, but I guess that’s why I’ll never be a journalist.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the President retweets a video that he didn’t create, that he snagged from Reddit user<\/a> and CNN lost their mind.<\/p>\n

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#FraudNewsCNN<\/a> #FNN<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/WYUnHjjUjg<\/a><\/p>\n

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 2, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n