RE: "THE PRESIDENT IS NOT ABOVE THE LAW"
04-17-2018, 04:57 PM (This post was last modified: 04-17-2018, 04:57 PM by Labster.)
04-17-2018, 04:57 PM (This post was last modified: 04-17-2018, 04:57 PM by Labster.)
*sigh*. The art of journalism is to take a subject that you don't understand, and explain it to other people. If you've ever been in a newspaper or TV news as I have, this becomes very clear. Science pages are particularly ludicrous, as most journos have a shallow understanding of the basic concepts. Expecting any news source whatsoever to not make lots of mistakes is an impossible standard to clear.
What's important is the are the ethical standards. The Washington Post and New York Times have regular corrections columns. Every day, they admit their mistakes. A source that doesn't admit mistakes is not one worth reading or watching.
On the other hand, we have Sean Hannity, who felt that he didn't need to disclose his association with Michael Cohen to viewers or his bosses. And then he went on air for weeks, attacking the FBI and prosecutors who searched Cohen's office, without telling anyone that his own ass was on the line. And this isn't conjecture, either, it's a evidence revealed in a court of law. And today, Fox News has decided that this was hunky-dory with them, and he'd face no consequences. A self-described journalist who does not disclose conflicts of interest is no journalist. And a news organization that does not enforce a full disclosure policy, as with Fox News, is entirely untrustworthy. We cannot be sure of the motives of any of their staff -- if one member of their news team fails to disclose with no consequences, why not all of them?
What's important is the are the ethical standards. The Washington Post and New York Times have regular corrections columns. Every day, they admit their mistakes. A source that doesn't admit mistakes is not one worth reading or watching.
On the other hand, we have Sean Hannity, who felt that he didn't need to disclose his association with Michael Cohen to viewers or his bosses. And then he went on air for weeks, attacking the FBI and prosecutors who searched Cohen's office, without telling anyone that his own ass was on the line. And this isn't conjecture, either, it's a evidence revealed in a court of law. And today, Fox News has decided that this was hunky-dory with them, and he'd face no consequences. A self-described journalist who does not disclose conflicts of interest is no journalist. And a news organization that does not enforce a full disclosure policy, as with Fox News, is entirely untrustworthy. We cannot be sure of the motives of any of their staff -- if one member of their news team fails to disclose with no consequences, why not all of them?
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