Is it better to not give a credit to a staff writer of the channel or the wire reporter? I mean, very rarely is the person giving the report the person who wrote it. I think people understand that these are newsreaders for the most part and not people who do independent reporting.
On 11/7/11, Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > Television and radio newscasts today, 10 years ago and 20 years ago are > stuffed with copy from The Associated Press -- news, sports, even weather > -- and only the tiniest fraction of it is attributed to The Associated > Press. Very little of it is rewritten. > And if they rewrite the CBS copy, that gives them more credibility? The > only way to make it more credible is to call and report it themselves. > > On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 11:49 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> I did not click on each of the links above, but I am going to go out on a >> limb and assume that each of the recognized newspapers listed here clearly >> indicate that the story comes from AP. That is what credible news >> organizations do. That is what the local newscasts did not do. >> >> I am not criticizing them for putting on a puff entertainment piece, as >> you note, newscasts and papers legitimately have those. I criticize them >> for not being transparent with their viewers, and sacrificing their >> credibility. > > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -- +++++++++++++++ Joe Coughlin http://www.twitter.com/inturnaround -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
