Quote Originally Posted by WTF11 View Post
Err......As for where I get my news from, as said previously, from the "horses mouth" (go back over the links I have included in earlier posts, the majority contain actual quotes obtained during publicly available interviews with elected representatives, both Republican and Democrat). You go back to Truth Social, I'm sure there is plenty for you to get worked up about. It's not me who needs medical assistance
Major point throughout being the definition of 'ethical journalism' we rely on ?

Which should be accurate, fair, with journalists being honest & courageous in gathering, reporting in interpreting information, so say the SPJ (Society of Professional Journalists) code of ethics. 🤔

In these days of news delivery being required instantly, professional journalists have to be aware of taking responsibility for the accuracy of their work & verification of all information before releasing it, via the use of original sources whenever possible demanded too.

Problem is the requirement & pressure of speed, as neither speed nor format excuses should ever effect accuracy in reporting. Important into providing context - as in the gathering, update & correct information throughout the life of a news story. Particulary the taking of special care not to misrepresent or oversimplify in promoting, previewing or summarising a story too.

So, in essance to balance the public's need for information against potential harm or discomfort or indeed dis-information too.

Truthsayers of many social platforms are in partisan echo chamber spaces that lack the sort of oppositional views needed to make social media tick, imo, full of an endless line of folks stepping up to the mic to share how the world is out to get them.

Problem is in the reporting ethical code that journalists have - so the Abide by the same high Standards doctrine they expect of others is at the forefront of a respected media journalist of today times one could argue.

Jounalist reporting codes of practice are the barriers (rightly or wrongly) my 'bro has to adhere to whilst reporting & currently based in Moscow, working for French media, obviously not an ideal location to 'test codes of conduct' while he resides with his family there.

Individual situations & agendas dominate global news media breaking stories, often with layman opinion 'to-out' situations or indeed to suppress them.
All done depending on what their targeted individual reader/listener wishes to hear, with many such news stories tagged from sources submitted by interested-parties with no regard to professional journalism & its correct use today.

Working in a hotel with free access to daily global newspapers its amazing the different takes on the same official sourced story depending on each papers political stance & its country of production & ownership bias.

So yeah, defo balance required before comments on matters from all side of the spectrum & preferably with boots on the ground to verify too.

Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox...-disadvantaged

Just saying, for added ingredients for a bubbling thread pot.