abc news ....another journalism oops!

anomander
Mon, 07 Nov 2016 15:34:19 +0000

very sad…speaks volumes …I got it …I learned a lesson about the mindset and ethics of some people

So are you saying that faked police tape is as bad as the Duke lacrosse story? That it’s as bad as saying Obama is a Muslim born in Kenya?

I will agree that putting up the tape as a backdrop is a boneheaded, unethical move. But if we were to rate journalistic malfeasance on a 1-10 scale, it’s a 2 IMHO. Duke lacrosse and my other example are a 10.

In the case of the tape, it simply makes the reporter and producer look like dolts, but the story is still true. In the other cases you get millions of people fervently believing something completely wrong and malicious (sometimes for years) and reputations ruined. Express disbelief all you want at people not finding those things equivalent, but you’ll find yourself in a tiny minority. There are many other websites you can go to if you’re looking for people that fervently share your perspective, however.