Journalists can still lie with a straight face: "Contrary to popular belief, journalists don’t just make stuff up." - Kotaku In Action 2

Journalists can still lie with a straight face: "Contrary to popular belief, journalists don’t just make stuff up." (mobile.twitter.com)

posted 4 years ago by Happily_Grim 4 years ago by Happily_Grim +53 / -0

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– Happily_Grim [S] 19 points 4 years ago +19 / -0

She continues:

Anonymous sources are real people.
The bar to be granted anonymity, at least in local news, is high.
Only when publishing their name could put them physical harm or they’re facing another serious form of retribution for speaking publicly.

So, please, by all means, tell me why a journalist would risk ruining their career and tarnishing their industry by making up a source.

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– AntonioOfVenice 17 points 4 years ago +17 / -0

The bar to be granted anonymity, at least in local news, is high.

This part I believe, but local news is generally much better than the corporate propaganda masquerading as 'national news media'.

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– Ricky_CIA 9 points 4 years ago +9 / -0

"By Any Means Necessary" is one of their slogans.

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– reidj 4 points 4 years ago +4 / -0

So, please, by all means, tell me why a journalist would risk ruining their career and tarnishing their industry by making up a source.

Because the journalist in question is a true believer who thinks that they'll be hailed as the hero who stopped the rise of a new Hitler?

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