Today's class was an interesting discussion about credibility in journalism.
Like virginity, once you lose your credibility, it is gone forever.
How to spot logical falicies:
For example, ad homonym attack is where the person's morality is discredited so that their message will not be accepted.
Manufacturing content is when the writer creates a reason for the government to spend money on the product their contributors sells.
It is the citizen journalist, the blogger, that has to be the BS detectors to counter the corporate and government public relations propaganda.
Bradley Manley leaking documents to WikiLeaks. He felt it was a crime against humanity. Prior to giving it to WikiLeaks, he offered to respectable news outlets like New York Times but was turned down. WikiLeaks was the only distributor that would get the information out to the population.
Amnesty International will not help anyone that is wrongly accused and treated deplorably by the American government because they get a lot of their financial and intelligence from them.
Many "publishers" will nt carry stories because it may tarnish the reputation of a major advertisor. This destroys their credibility as much as inaccurate information.
Like virginity, once you lose your credibility, it is gone forever.
How to spot logical falicies:
For example, ad homonym attack is where the person's morality is discredited so that their message will not be accepted.
Manufacturing content is when the writer creates a reason for the government to spend money on the product their contributors sells.
It is the citizen journalist, the blogger, that has to be the BS detectors to counter the corporate and government public relations propaganda.
Bradley Manley leaking documents to WikiLeaks. He felt it was a crime against humanity. Prior to giving it to WikiLeaks, he offered to respectable news outlets like New York Times but was turned down. WikiLeaks was the only distributor that would get the information out to the population.
Amnesty International will not help anyone that is wrongly accused and treated deplorably by the American government because they get a lot of their financial and intelligence from them.
Many "publishers" will nt carry stories because it may tarnish the reputation of a major advertisor. This destroys their credibility as much as inaccurate information.
Journalism is definitely interesting. Especially in how the information received depends on the person providing that information.
ReplyDeleteFor instance, if a random person encounters confidential government information and releases it to the media and public. Would we really believe them? Even if the information was true. I'm sure the government would act quickly to dismiss that info and the vast majority of people would believe the government instead. That individual (who is telling the truth) loses credibility due to their lack of power.