Comments | grrm: Bad Journalism

grrm

Bad Journalism

Mar 19, 2017 13:03

I am no fan of what passes for journalism on the internet, but I've got to admit, I have been taken aback by the sheer amount of bullshit that's been proliferating all over the web about our Stagecoach Foundation initiative... some of it posted on what I would have previously regarded as reputable news outlets with familiar names, but almost all of ( Read more... )

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ext_3442389 March 19 2017, 19:41:21 UTC

In the words of the departed Great, Chuck Berry, 'Go, Georgie, Go. Go!'

_wwwera_ March 19 2017, 20:08:05 UTC

don't bother yourself with this bullshit, we love you and your projects all the way :)

Lazy journalism 8_santababy_8 March 19 2017, 20:10:40 UTC

Thank you so much for bringing attention to this. Lazy internet journalism has been a fixture of the web for a while, but has only started becoming a big issue in the past few years. I'm glad to see people with big voices and integrity finally weighing in on it. Keep fighting the good fights!

As a side note: do you ever plan on attending cons in the Louisville, KY area?

Re: Lazy journalism grrm March 19 2017, 20:36:56 UTC

No immediate plans, though I do love Louisville... I have fond memories of the Galt House and the Belle.

Whenever my book tours take me to Kentucky, however, they always send me to Lexington, not to Louisville.

Re: Lazy journalism 8_santababy_8 March 19 2017, 20:43:03 UTC

Lexington is more fun, anyway. Good judgement on their part.

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nerdoldnerdith March 19 2017, 20:43:32 UTC

Sadly, that's how journalism seems to work these days with the free market of online publications competing for clicks and views. At one point in time journalists had a reputation to uphold by breaking stories and reporting facts. Since these sites are mostly free now, their main source of revenue is from ads. Their modus operandi is to use buzzwords and big names (especially yours, since a lot of people want to know what you're up to these days) to get people to click on their articles and then the ads they place next to them. The content of these articles is more or less irrelevant so long as people show up. Fake news really is a huge problem with the new internet face of journalism.