tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post3807983250910210350..comments2024-03-18T23:17:55.642-07:00Comments on The Turner Report: And Associated Press helped, tooRandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05760019501046060231noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-78559691725676392582007-12-16T10:11:00.001-08:002007-12-16T10:11:00.001-08:00The disclaimer was at the bottom of the article wh...The disclaimer was at the bottom of the article when I first saw it. I didn't quite understand what you were asking earlier. Of course, my point is that the reporter did not add anything original to the reporting, but merely quoted the news release and the AP article verbatim, with no attribution except for the "AP contributed" note at the end.Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05760019501046060231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-15314439367347806552007-12-16T10:11:00.000-08:002007-12-16T10:11:00.000-08:00The disclaimer was at the bottom of the article wh...The disclaimer was at the bottom of the article when I first saw it. I didn't quite understand what you were asking earlier. Of course, my point is that the reporter did not add anything original to the reporting, but merely quoted the news release and the AP article verbatim, with no attribution except for the "AP contributed" note at the end.Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05760019501046060231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-55671400276901377552007-12-16T09:57:00.000-08:002007-12-16T09:57:00.000-08:00Randy, could you review the story? Before I cite y...Randy, could you review the story? Before I cite your work I'd like to know if the <BR/><BR/>(Associated Press Contributed to this story)<BR/><BR/>was altered online or rather part of the original document as you're citing it.Branson Missourihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14881254309349130491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-60329393418784942222007-12-15T16:06:00.000-08:002007-12-15T16:06:00.000-08:00Good call Randy, The Branson Media has refused to ...Good call Randy, The Branson Media has refused to follow and ethical guidelines whatsoever. Thanks for setting the record straight. <BR/><BR/>It appears that the line (the Associated Press contributed to this story was posted at the end of the document).<BR/><BR/>Was this changed?Branson Missourihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14881254309349130491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-29254583244700302932007-11-29T03:06:00.000-08:002007-11-29T03:06:00.000-08:00Not at all. But there is a big difference between ...Not at all. But there is a big difference between a reporter putting his byline on a story and then putting in little or no original work into the story. This particular story does not credit the news release, and most discerning readers (and there are many of those out there) understand that there ia a world of difference between a quote someone gives to a reporter and a news release quote.Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05760019501046060231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-25515377441353690072007-11-27T08:43:00.000-08:002007-11-27T08:43:00.000-08:00Randy, This is a case where you are looking at i...Randy,<BR/> This is a case where you are looking at it from a reporter's point of view and not a reader's.<BR/> I'll admit your point holds water in the case of news releases, but to the vast majority of readers the difference between AP and a local reporter is marginal at best. <BR/> Do you distrust all AP fare because it generally doesn't have bylines?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-61319550828587577142007-11-26T20:20:00.000-08:002007-11-26T20:20:00.000-08:00I refuse to believe that readers do not care where...I refuse to believe that readers do not care where the information comes from. And it makes a world of difference if the information comes from a reporter's interview with a politician, or from a self-serving news release issued by that same politician. The only means readers have to determine if the information in an article is valid is by having as much knowledge as possible about the source ofRandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05760019501046060231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-11217959821959693382007-11-26T19:57:00.000-08:002007-11-26T19:57:00.000-08:00Did it ever occur to any of you that 99 percent of...Did it ever occur to any of you that 99 percent of newspaper readers really don't give a damn where the information in the story came from? To say that readers "need" to know where the information came from is wrong. As long as a newspaper has a good reputation for printing honest news, who cares.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-11282180863080636842007-11-25T15:13:00.000-08:002007-11-25T15:13:00.000-08:00Media consolidation and the drive for news to be a...Media consolidation and the drive for news to be a "profit center" will ensure this type of reporting will continue. No one will be held accountable and the "fourth estate" continues it's failure to fully educate and inform the public. We all need to remember that we live in a capitalistic society and it's all about the money baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-75651302201248065662007-11-24T12:59:00.000-08:002007-11-24T12:59:00.000-08:00tattletaletattletaleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com