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Originally Posted by Cleveland Steam Whistle
I disagree on the Twitter part, for me it's the whole point, to be honest the fact that it's Roger is not relevant. It's the entitled crying that goes on over it. If you chose to consume your updates and media over a source like Twitter, because you want and can't live without the instant and easily digestible sound bites, then you must also deal with its flaws. Twitter is meant to be quick and relatively real time, which also makes it easily updateable.
Don't expect the 100% accuracy and or context that might caveiat any inaccuracies of any report if you chose not to wait for an actual broadcast or published article on a web site or print. You can't have it all.
On top of it all, it's just how devastated people get if they had the wrong info for 5mins. Go out and get kidnapped or something, have some real #### happen to you.
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Sorry, but this just pisses me off.
I'm watching society in America slowly crumble because of an inability of media to inform people properly, and for the slow an insidious spread of misinformation.
I know it's just sports, but it's symptomatic of the real problems facing all of us: How can we trust any reporting ever?
Some may argue that we should all be smart enough to determine whether a report is trustworthy or not, but when did we all have to go to journalism school just to get some basic information? Why do we have to understand the inherent bias of some publications over another? Whatever happened to reporting facts that were actually verified? Not just from one source, but multiple sources?
No, sorry, it's bull####, and I'm tired of media members getting a pass because the new format allows for them to #### up their reports sometimes. Edward R. Murrow would be rolling over in his grave if he saw the state of reporting today.
So, yeah, I'll continue to bitch about it because I deserve better from my reporters, regardless of the topic they are covering.