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Sunday, February 15, 2015

"If you’re a young journalist and you really want to know what NOT to do, just look to Greenwald and The Intercept."

..."If you’re a young journalist and you really want to know what not to do, just look to Greenwald and The Intercept. In its effort to reinvent journalism or “re-write” the rules, it’s abandoned the core principles of solid news reporting. Details are invariably scattered, context is never offered, headlines and ledes are crafted for impact rather than accuracy, mitigating details are buried and the real stories are lost. It’s a high profile example of a growing trend in digital journalism, and it’s not good..."

1 comment:

  1. People want to talk about Ezra's comments about the Roma on Sun News, but nobody wants to talk about Greenwald's screwups.

    Why?

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