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Lurks Often

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21. Why Is It That So Many Reporters Seem to Know So Little About Anything?

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Sat Mar 22, 2014, 05:40 PM

Mar 2014

It has gotten to the point that most of them spend about 5 minutes doing an Internet search and then think they know enough to write their story.

Welcome to the 24/7 news cycle and 60 second sound bites, where ratings are more important then ethics.

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Why Is It That So Many Reporters Seem to Know So Little about Obamacare? [View all] n2doc Mar 2014 OP

Selective Curiosity ? orpupilofnature57 Mar 2014 #1

the modern "journalist" is a scribe and sycophant unblock Mar 2014 #2

I think you nailed it with "entertainment value". Arkansas Granny Mar 2014 #11

A better question: TexasProgresive Mar 2014 #3

+1000 hobbit709 Mar 2014 #4

That's just it. Most are naught but megaphones for corprat propaganda & distraction. n/t Triana Mar 2014 #6

Because their boss is a 1%'er. tridim Mar 2014 #5

2 simple reasons Glitterati Mar 2014 #7

Why do so many people on DU -- otherwise well informed people -- know so little? pnwmom Mar 2014 #8

Why do you keep repeating Glitterati Mar 2014 #12

which lies? JaneyVee Mar 2014 #13

Show me one. n/t pnwmom Mar 2014 #18

great article. thx Vattel Mar 2014 #9

Three reasons ... earthside Mar 2014 #10

Evolution -- artificial selection seabeckind Mar 2014 #14

The media is part of the misinformation campaign. Enthusiast Mar 2014 #15

These 6 Corporations Control 90% Of The Media In America jsr Mar 2014 #16

That's a feature of M$M "reporting," not a bug. nt tblue37 Mar 2014 #17

Is there a subject that they are generally knowledgeable about in any way? TheKentuckian Mar 2014 #19

Reporters should be curious to dig up facts treestar Mar 2014 #20

Why Is It That So Many Reporters Seem to Know So Little About Anything? Lurks Often Mar 2014 #21