I lied. It won’t. But it will make you think about how easily you can be taken in by a title. 2016 brought a lot of media reporting practices to the table for evaluation. Most alarming was the sudden and jarring…
Russian Spies and Renegade Comedians: why fake news is more complicated than it sounds
BY: MIROSLAV TOMOSKI When a gunman bursts into a Washington DC pizza shop spurred on by rumors of an underground pedophile ring operated by the Clinton family, we have to admit there is a problem with the news. The back…
What ten months on the campaign trail taught me about the next four years
BY: MIROSLAV TOMOSKI A huge part of all of our lives is about to die on Tuesday night and after ten sleep-deprived months in the gutter across more than 20 states I just might miss it. Not least of all…
Is the rise of citizen reporting responsible for the death of journalism?
BY: AISHA ILYAD Explorations in today’s modern world, both in terms of quality and quantity is different – and preferable – than any other era in history. One example is the formation of the virtual world in parallel with the…
These journalists are cutting through the bullshit and fear mongering of today’s media
BY: Victoria Heath For people who actually want to “change the world,” or at least stop themselves from making it shittier, news today is extremely frustrating. It’s primarily negative, full of the same pointless rhetoric, and riddled with bickering hosts…
How Reddit’s citizen journalism could have led to an innocent 22-year-old’s suicide
BY: MICHAEL LYONS Bulletin board site Reddit describes itself as the “front page of the internet,” a sobering concept for anyone who has ever actually been on the Internet. These days, Reddit is the newsmaker. In one 24-hour news cycle,…
The Death Of Fact In Online Journalism. Bye-Bye Fact Checkers, Hello Gullibility.
BY: RYAN BOLTON “Whoa, Banksy just got arrested!” my co-worker, Eugene, yells out, astonished. Two minutes later, the story popped up on my Facebook feed. We couldn’t believe it. The elusive street artist wasn’t so elusive anymore. But we didn’t…