tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-818072047612966524.post2316197056581474904..comments2024-03-28T09:34:03.728-07:00Comments on Media Ethics and Society: The Truth? When?Media Ethics Classhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00723099161416810794noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-818072047612966524.post-70091376892086151582015-11-19T15:36:55.873-08:002015-11-19T15:36:55.873-08:00Brittany Oblak
bo095812@ohio.edu
Hi Joseph,
WI d...Brittany Oblak<br />bo095812@ohio.edu<br /><br />Hi Joseph,<br /><br />WI do agree with you about how it's unfortunate that one could read something in the morning and discuss it all day only to find out they were misinformed much later. However, in order to survive, journalism must change with the times and with this new digital age, speed has become a lot more of a competition factor. Speed has always been a part of journalism, even purely in print. The industry is now in a position where publications themselves must often decide if they are more of a "breaking news" site or a "long-form" type site, I even saw this happen with a website I was employed by as a writer last year. People who want to be speedy aren't necessarily less honest than those who take their time, they may just value something different in the coverage they want to provide. Slip-ups still happen in older forms of media with this type of thing: take for instance the CNN mess-up about the Boston Marathon Bombing. That was on television, not the Internet, and could have happened any time throughout the years. I am not saying that any outlet shouldn't do their absolute best to validate correct information before posting, I'm just saying that with these rapid changes, consumers will have to accept that corrections be more common but hopefully trust that they will always be made when necessary. I agree the industry needs a concise set of standards, but we are still in the toddler phases of media changing into the digital world and until it is a bit more mature, we will have to see a bit more of how it works before establishing a true industry standard. Media Ethicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15093149459039896410noreply@blogger.com