Comments on: Philip Kaplan on Journalism. http://www.crunchnotes.com/2006/09/22/philip-kaplan-on-journalism/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:41:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Dennis Howlett http://www.crunchnotes.com/2006/09/22/philip-kaplan-on-journalism/#comment-13590 Dennis Howlett Sat, 23 Sep 2006 00:46:48 +0000 http://www.crunchnotes.com/?p=283#comment-13590 That may be true on your side of the pond but I see less evidence on this side though admittedly the Red Tops (as we call the tabloids) do a lot of 'creative' writing. And remember that in journalism, what the hack wrote isn't what goes on the page but what the subs and editors want. Different thing. What does depress me is the way US press makes a big deal about fact checking yet still makes a ton of errors. The real meat is in the 'knowledge' commentary. Yer man is spot on. Without personal experience or domain knowledge, all you're doing is parrotting someone else's press release, spiced up to attract a readership. How many headlines have you seen that bear no relationship to the content? For which by the way, Oracle is doing a fair job on its website! But that's another story. That may be true on your side of the pond but I see less evidence on this side though admittedly the Red Tops (as we call the tabloids) do a lot of ‘creative’ writing. And remember that in journalism, what the hack wrote isn’t what goes on the page but what the subs and editors want. Different thing.

What does depress me is the way US press makes a big deal about fact checking yet still makes a ton of errors.

The real meat is in the ‘knowledge’ commentary. Yer man is spot on. Without personal experience or domain knowledge, all you’re doing is parrotting someone else’s press release, spiced up to attract a readership. How many headlines have you seen that bear no relationship to the content? For which by the way, Oracle is doing a fair job on its website! But that’s another story.

]]> By: Nick Douglas http://www.crunchnotes.com/2006/09/22/philip-kaplan-on-journalism/#comment-13560 Nick Douglas Fri, 22 Sep 2006 17:58:33 +0000 http://www.crunchnotes.com/?p=283#comment-13560 That was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goebbels" rel="nofollow">Goebbels</a>, Nik. That was Goebbels, Nik.

]]> By: Nik Cubrilovic http://www.crunchnotes.com/2006/09/22/philip-kaplan-on-journalism/#comment-13488 Nik Cubrilovic Fri, 22 Sep 2006 08:24:37 +0000 http://www.crunchnotes.com/?p=283#comment-13488 Reminds me of the quote: "journalists say a thing they know isn't true, in the hope that if they keep on saying it long enough it will be true" Reminds me of the quote: “journalists say a thing they know isn’t true, in the hope that if they keep on saying it long enough it will be true”

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