A fine example of irony
Feb. 11th, 2011 11:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
averygoodun42So, it seems Angelina Jolie isn't adopting a Haitian girl.
But, this article isn't just fluff. It also has an ironic side:
There was a time when news organizations wouldn’t run such a story—even if another outlet had reported it—without some kind of confirmation. A reporter would have made a couple of phone calls, tried to get official comment or some kind of statement.
That day is gone. Now a bogus story can spread from one website to another like a virus, long before anyone has a chance to assess its veracity.
There was a day, believe it or not, when (American) news organizations actually reported, you know, news. Instead of calling following the lives of celebrities "news".
But the author (I have a hard time calling anyone nowadays a "journalist" - the breed may even be extinct in this country) is correct. News travels too fast for veracity now. And, unfortunately, that applies to actual news and not just gossip.
But, this article isn't just fluff. It also has an ironic side:
There was a time when news organizations wouldn’t run such a story—even if another outlet had reported it—without some kind of confirmation. A reporter would have made a couple of phone calls, tried to get official comment or some kind of statement.
That day is gone. Now a bogus story can spread from one website to another like a virus, long before anyone has a chance to assess its veracity.
There was a day, believe it or not, when (American) news organizations actually reported, you know, news. Instead of calling following the lives of celebrities "news".
But the author (I have a hard time calling anyone nowadays a "journalist" - the breed may even be extinct in this country) is correct. News travels too fast for veracity now. And, unfortunately, that applies to actual news and not just gossip.
