Running someone's quote by them is kosher. Sending the whole story and letting them approve it is not. you're essentially becoming a stenographer for the powerful at that A simple rule for journalists is only to do things you are willing to tell the readers. Was the reporter willing to tell readers that a source vetted the entire story? You can run buy the gist of the story without surrendering the story.
Reporting is a hard job if you have to dig up information. It looks like Schefter sold his soul to develop a relationship with an important source to guarantee the flow of information. On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 2:59 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > Right, but this is different than calling a source, telling them you are > running a story tomorrow that says “X” and asking for comment. This is bad. > > The questions I have is, 1) is this really just a one off for Schefter, > or something he has done with some regularity? (Someone please ask him if > there is even one other instance of him showing a source a story before > publication) and 2) is this really just Schefter, or is this something not > uncommon among the very clubby NFL insider “journalists”? It has become > common wisdom to dunk on NYT political reporters for getting stories by > playing up to special inside stories (yes, looking at you Maggie), but this > seems to be business as usual for NFL television reporters, who mostly seem > to take dictation from league sources anyway. > > On Thu, 14 Oct 2021 at 2:05 PM Doug Fields <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Maybe it’s just my lack of formal journalism training, but I fail to see >> what all the fuss is about. Are people confusing the fact that Bruce Allen >> was a source for Schefter’s story, and misconstruing him as the * >> *subject** of the story? I see nothing wrong with consulting with >> somebody you used as a source and reconfirming that you’re quoting him >> accurately and making sure you’re correctly reporting some complicated >> aspect of the story from his perspective. Let him see the complete story? >> Sure, why not?…you wouldn’t be **required** to use his follow-up >> input…it’s just a courtesy call, to make sure you’ve got your story >> straight. >> >> >> >> And even if he had been the subject, just about every big journalism >> movie has that scene where the reporter calls the Senator whose life is >> about to become front-page news, asking him if he has any comment on the >> story that’s “gonna hit the papers tomorrow morning.” Again, unless >> there’s some sort of editorial approval deal in place, I still wouldn’t see >> an ethical problem with giving him an advance copy of the story just so you >> can append the usual “No comment” to the end of it. >> >> >> >> Doug Fields >> >> Tampa, FL >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On >> Behalf Of *Steve Timko >> *Sent:* Thursday, October 14, 2021 11:36 AM >> *To:* TV or Not TV <[email protected]> >> *Subject:* [TV orNotTV] ESPN’s Adam Schefter crosses a journalistic line >> >> >> >> Take a look at this story from the Poynter Institute >> https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2021/espns-adam-schefter-crosses-a-journalistic-line/ >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8yzwXp8QQkLN9Bwn%2BfLg8%2B4OD-TTxN5tix3bjvgPUBGnWw%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8yzwXp8QQkLN9Bwn%2BfLg8%2B4OD-TTxN5tix3bjvgPUBGnWw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/BN6PR14MB161932F1AC3C4FC651A23B6BC6B89%40BN6PR14MB1619.namprd14.prod.outlook.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/BN6PR14MB161932F1AC3C4FC651A23B6BC6B89%40BN6PR14MB1619.namprd14.prod.outlook.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYK%2Bfm5JGj_Bdo7b1UCFB6R6EMmYNt8TUtsOEqvSQFWYaw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYK%2Bfm5JGj_Bdo7b1UCFB6R6EMmYNt8TUtsOEqvSQFWYaw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8yyoHx7khaFE8NUmY91O1688uDDUR%2BC7KTy1-tEzPutMdA%40mail.gmail.com.
