Comments on: What the news is missing http://ourlog.ca/?p=1029 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:54:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: bob http://ourlog.ca/?p=1029&cpage=1#comment-2767 bob Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:29:01 +0000 http://ourlog.ca/?p=1029#comment-2767 An interesting and thought-provoking article that takes a hard look at what is being reported as news. The author seems to have a handle on how news was reported in the days when Watergate was uncovered by reporters. I agree with Ling's statement that what we often get should not be called news. It is easier and cheaper to bounce from 'quoted source' to 'quoted source' than to do the indepth research needed to fully inform the public by reporting news the way Ling defines it. An interesting and thought-provoking article that takes a hard look at what is being reported as news. The author seems to have a handle on how news was reported in the days when Watergate was uncovered by reporters. I agree with Ling’s statement that what we often get should not be called news. It is easier and cheaper to bounce from ‘quoted source’ to ‘quoted source’ than to do the indepth research needed to fully inform the public by reporting news the way Ling defines it.

]]> By: Ling http://ourlog.ca/?p=1029&cpage=1#comment-2762 Ling Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:37:44 +0000 http://ourlog.ca/?p=1029#comment-2762 I checked the definition of news from the dictionary: a report of recent events b : previously unknown information <I've got news for you> c : something having a specified influence or effect It seems that the news stories are derailed from the those definitions. They should not be called as news anymore. On the upside, with the technology today, you can get lots of updates on an event from people around the world; you just have to go through the weeds to find the truth. I checked the definition of news from the dictionary:
a report of recent events
b : previously unknown information
c : something having a specified influence or effect

It seems that the news stories are derailed from the those definitions. They should not be called as news anymore.

On the upside, with the technology today, you can get lots of updates on an event from people around the world; you just have to go through the weeds to find the truth.

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