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As documented in this section pretty well here on DP, it does appear that the media has messed up three times this week.Only three times in one week. Keep that outrage in check cons. It's a tricky situation the media has to deal with. They don't have time to run around making stuff up. They have to fact-check carefully and sometimes they get things wrong, sometimes they get a big scoop but then seconds later it changes or Trump (or someone else) does something to flip the narrative. It's impossible for any human being to keep up, even well run media organizations. Trump tries and look how he reacts to breaking news.
Headlines run the show so news has to have a catchy headline. This would not be the case if not for the flashy money making schemes of click-bait ads (been around for quite sometime) which Russia later used to exploit the American/world public. So the news has to be fast and accurate and they also can't break under the pressure. Good journalists won't, but then the journalists that do outrageous things are celebrated and their profile gets raised just because they attack Trump or go on similar tirades.
https://www.axios.com/the-medias-russia-probe-meltdown-3-screw-ups-in-one-week-2515978886.html
It's often said by DP members (usually of conservative side) that they just want the fact from their journalists. If you are talking about newspapers that is one thing, but almost all journalism has always been commentary mixed with facts. Otherwise TV stations could just show a bullet point list of what happened via liberal or conservative circles and show that on a continuous loop forever and update stuff as it changes. Like an activities menu on a cruise ship. That's the purest form of reporting some people claim they want. If you want something like that, I suggest twitter, but you'll be sacrificing your objectivity there.
On top of that demand they are indeed fighting a conservative agenda that wants nothing but to tear them down and rip them limb from limb. People who are constantly seeking out alternative facts telling them that they are wrong and then having to write article upon article about why those people are wrong. Those people will never admit it though. So the whole thing becomes a colossal waste of time and resources just because the most powerful man in the world gets his news from the weirdest places on the web.
In a climate like this mistakes are bound to happen.
Headlines run the show so news has to have a catchy headline. This would not be the case if not for the flashy money making schemes of click-bait ads (been around for quite sometime) which Russia later used to exploit the American/world public. So the news has to be fast and accurate and they also can't break under the pressure. Good journalists won't, but then the journalists that do outrageous things are celebrated and their profile gets raised just because they attack Trump or go on similar tirades.
Why it matters: In today's hyperpolarized world, "fake news" has become a refrain to describe stories that observers on both sides of the spectrum decide that they don't like. These reporting issues by esteemed media organizations give credence to that ignorance, which further damages the value of insightful, impactful reporting — especially when it comes to one of the biggest, most polarizing stories of our political age: the Russia probe.
https://www.axios.com/the-medias-russia-probe-meltdown-3-screw-ups-in-one-week-2515978886.html
It's often said by DP members (usually of conservative side) that they just want the fact from their journalists. If you are talking about newspapers that is one thing, but almost all journalism has always been commentary mixed with facts. Otherwise TV stations could just show a bullet point list of what happened via liberal or conservative circles and show that on a continuous loop forever and update stuff as it changes. Like an activities menu on a cruise ship. That's the purest form of reporting some people claim they want. If you want something like that, I suggest twitter, but you'll be sacrificing your objectivity there.
On top of that demand they are indeed fighting a conservative agenda that wants nothing but to tear them down and rip them limb from limb. People who are constantly seeking out alternative facts telling them that they are wrong and then having to write article upon article about why those people are wrong. Those people will never admit it though. So the whole thing becomes a colossal waste of time and resources just because the most powerful man in the world gets his news from the weirdest places on the web.
In a climate like this mistakes are bound to happen.