I am listening to a podcast 375 from The Skeptics Guide to the Universe. The skeptic rogues are talking about irresponsible journalism as some journalists had published news reports about published papers with very poor quality. Rebecca Watson at one point says:
But the sad point is that no more than a century ago, Western journalism was on its peak, and it defined a standard of professional journalism. Even today the textbooks of journalism written in that era heavily focus on ethics and quality of news reporting. Alas, the journalism is spiraling downward with time instead of progressing.
The new job description of journalist is not doing journalism, it's selling newspapers.This and several other events shows how much unprofessional Western journalism has become. Eastern journalism is also going on the same path as the news outlets are struggling for funding and advertising.
But the sad point is that no more than a century ago, Western journalism was on its peak, and it defined a standard of professional journalism. Even today the textbooks of journalism written in that era heavily focus on ethics and quality of news reporting. Alas, the journalism is spiraling downward with time instead of progressing.
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