Do you actually expect journalists to have any integrity these days?
If said reporter can’t present quantifiable data/evidence, then maybe they shouldn’t write the article?
tekato@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
If said reporter can’t present quantifiable data/evidence, then maybe they shouldn’t write the article?
Do you actually expect journalists to have any integrity these days?
Octavio@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Or at least not write it with that headline. Engagement bait has ruined journalism.
fantasyocean@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 hours ago
I guess, but inflammatory and sensationalist headlines have always existed.
Octavio@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Certainly, but they at least were confined to supermarket tabloids and other fringe publications. This is coming from Newsweek, which, believe it or not, was once a respected news magazine.
A journalism professor in the 1980s would have had veins bulging out of his forehead if a student’s headline asserted a claim that was not substantiated by any facts in the story.
fantasyocean@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 hours ago
Unlike a professor who would reject a student’s unsubstantiated claims, a for-profit entity won’t care about evidence unless its absence hurts profits. And you can say that about nearly any commercial news or journalistic organization. Establishing an equitable and high standard of education is the only true way to combat this, and that’s not happening in our lifetime