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| − | '''Journalistic malpractice''' is a term used to describe the once objective field of journalism, now reduced to ideology and slander. Attributed to people within the mainstream media and old-media but not exclusively. Their failure as a group willfully misleads the public to further a hidden agenda. Objective journalism was once the cornerstone of | + | '''Journalistic malpractice''' is a term used to describe the once objective field of journalism, now reduced to ideology and slander. Attributed to people within the [[mainstream media]] and old-media but not exclusively. Their failure as a group willfully misleads the public to further a hidden agenda. Objective journalism was once the cornerstone of [[America]]'s [[Democracy]]. Journalistic malpractice has killed objectivity and is now known as journalistic errors, journalistic failure, reckless journalism, outright factual inaccuracies, promotion of fact-free journalism or falsehood-spreading. One of their goals is to selectively edit statements to hide facts, minimize damage to their agenda or to perpetrate falsehoods. Another is to repeat falsehoods so that an issue dear to their agenda is kept alive in the publics' mind.<ref>[http://townhall.com/columnists/MichaelMedved/2007/01/18/journalistic_malpractice_in_marriage_is_dead_report Journalistic Malpractice in "Marriage is Dead" Report], Michael Medved, ''Townhall.com'', January 18, 2007</ref> |
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Revision as of 02:47, October 23, 2008
Journalistic malpractice is a term used to describe the once objective field of journalism, now reduced to ideology and slander. Attributed to people within the mainstream media and old-media but not exclusively. Their failure as a group willfully misleads the public to further a hidden agenda. Objective journalism was once the cornerstone of America's Democracy. Journalistic malpractice has killed objectivity and is now known as journalistic errors, journalistic failure, reckless journalism, outright factual inaccuracies, promotion of fact-free journalism or falsehood-spreading. One of their goals is to selectively edit statements to hide facts, minimize damage to their agenda or to perpetrate falsehoods. Another is to repeat falsehoods so that an issue dear to their agenda is kept alive in the publics' mind.[1]
References
- ↑ Journalistic Malpractice in "Marriage is Dead" Report, Michael Medved, Townhall.com, January 18, 2007