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Originally Posted by Elphaba
By no means was the media at fault for the stooge, but simply an example of the administration manipulating what they wanted us to hear. I'm sure we agree on that?
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That disgusts me but what disgusts me more is that you didn't hear enough outcry in the press about it. The press pretty much bent over and took it. Sure they reported on it, but that should have sparked a HUGE series of investigative reports along the lines of "what other lies did this guy tell us?"
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Shakran, you bring up a far more important point of those in the media that take the handful of silver in payment for their integrity. How do we run those whores out of town?
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Expose them. We do run those whores out of town. If I accepted payment for any of my stories and my news director found out, I'd be fired at once.
And because the journalism community is VERY tight knit (I know journos from all over the country, and we all talk to each other about who's good and who's a fuck up) it'd be highly unlikely that I'd get another job. And I'm just a photographer - behind the scenes (usually) letting the reporter get all the glory (usually), which means the viewers at a different station wouldn't even know I was there (i.e. the station wouldn't hire me out of their own ethics, not out of worrying about what the viewers would think)
The trouble is catching the little shits. Unless they and/or their buyer are REAL stupid, it's pretty tough to figure out they're getting paid off. It's not like the guy buying coverage is gonna send the reporter a check c/o the news director
I think the press has shown prompt and responsible action WHEN they catch these guys. And I honestly don't know how, without hiring a fact checker for EVERY reporter and then having that fact checker along for all the interviews, we can 100% prevent this. As disturbing as it is, journalists have their bad apples just like any other profession, and just like any other profession it's VERY hard to catch them.