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Felony Charges for 6 Reporters at Inauguration Protests

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Re: Felony Charges for 6 Reporters at Inauguration Protests

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Post by shadowmint »

curiousgeorgio wrote: post #32
hudibras wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Here's the other side of the story, it's right in the article: >The Metropolitan Police Department in Washington declined to comment Wednesday on why the journalists had been charged along with protesters.

And that right there is the sad part. People actually believe that line makes a news piece fair and objective. It's lazy journalism, especially given the headline. News flash: when asked about these kinds of things, it's very common for the police to decline to comment. The job of a reporter doesn't (or shouldn't) stop there. Sorry, you don't just get to say, "this side of the story was easy to write, so we wrote it;…

Well then, how would you report on it in a way that is appropriate?

Just... don't tell anyone anything until March when we have more information?

Come on, don't just complain. It's easy to complain! Everyone complains, all the time. It's totally non-constructive and achieves nothing.

What's the right way of doing it, if this is the wrong way?

Re: Felony Charges for 6 Reporters at Inauguration Protests

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Post by skrebbel »

So this is what the NY Times know:

    - In a certain area, protest turned into riot
    - Cars were being set on fire
    - The police does a sweep, arresting 230 people
    - 6 of those 230 people were reporters
And they chose to run a headline like this? They make it seem as if the journalists were targeted because of their profession, and that isn't what happened at all.

What is this - Trump lies all the time, so as long as we anti-Trump people lie a little bit less than Trump does, we're good? Fight fire with fire?

I'm slowly losing my faith in both sides of this fight.

Re: Felony Charges for 6 Reporters at Inauguration Protests

#43

Post by rosser »

ramenmeal wrote: post #11
jeffdavis wrote: post #8

This kind of reporting encourages people to form opinions before the facts are in. None of us know what really happened there, but it will probably get sorted out soon. By that time, it's too late because we've already jumped to a conclusion.

They were charged for lighting a limo on fire. Not exactly reporting.

[citation needed]

Re: Felony Charges for 6 Reporters at Inauguration Protests

#45

Post by colemickens »

ramenmeal wrote: post #11
jeffdavis wrote: post #8

This kind of reporting encourages people to form opinions before the facts are in. None of us know what really happened there, but it will probably get sorted out soon. By that time, it's too late because we've already jumped to a conclusion.

They were charged for lighting a limo on fire. Not exactly reporting.

Good thing you read the article instead of rushing here to defend an authoritarian threatening freedom of speech.

The journalists were not involved with the limo burning... they were caught up in the literally hundreds (yes, hundreds) of people arrested... when everyone knows only a tiny fraction of them were involved with the limo or the few isolated incidents of vandalism.

Re: Felony Charges for 6 Reporters at Inauguration Protests

#46

Post by [deleted] »

skrebbel wrote: post #42

So this is what the NY Times know: - In a certain area, protest turned into riot - Cars were being set on fire - The police does a sweep, arresting 230 people - 6 of those 230 people were reporters And they chose to run a headline like this? They make it seem as if the journalists were targeted because of their profession, and that isn't what happened at all. What is this - Trump lies all the time, so as long as we a…

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Re: Felony Charges for 6 Reporters at Inauguration Protests

#47

Post by colemickens »

curiousgeorgio wrote: post #32
hudibras wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Here's the other side of the story, it's right in the article: >The Metropolitan Police Department in Washington declined to comment Wednesday on why the journalists had been charged along with protesters.

And that right there is the sad part. People actually believe that line makes a news piece fair and objective. It's lazy journalism, especially given the headline. News flash: when asked about these kinds of things, it's very common for the police to decline to comment. The job of a reporter doesn't (or shouldn't) stop there. Sorry, you don't just get to say, "this side of the story was easy to write, so we wrote it;…

So no one can report on anything when the authority with power refuse to comment on why they imprisoned a citizen?

How does that work exactly?

Re: Felony Charges for 6 Reporters at Inauguration Protests

#48

Post by AnthonyMouse »

skrebbel wrote: post #42

So this is what the NY Times know: - In a certain area, protest turned into riot - Cars were being set on fire - The police does a sweep, arresting 230 people - 6 of those 230 people were reporters And they chose to run a headline like this? They make it seem as if the journalists were targeted because of their profession, and that isn't what happened at all. What is this - Trump lies all the time, so as long as we a…

Scooping up multiple journalists implies that they were arresting people indiscriminately. And charging them even.

Re: Felony Charges for 6 Reporters at Inauguration Protests

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Post by photoJ »

skrebbel wrote: post #42

So this is what the NY Times know: - In a certain area, protest turned into riot - Cars were being set on fire - The police does a sweep, arresting 230 people - 6 of those 230 people were reporters And they chose to run a headline like this? They make it seem as if the journalists were targeted because of their profession, and that isn't what happened at all. What is this - Trump lies all the time, so as long as we a…

Typically credentialed journalist would be treated differently so yes, that is the news worthy part.

Re: Felony Charges for 6 Reporters at Inauguration Protests

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Post by endgame »

skrebbel wrote: post #42

So this is what the NY Times know: - In a certain area, protest turned into riot - Cars were being set on fire - The police does a sweep, arresting 230 people - 6 of those 230 people were reporters And they chose to run a headline like this? They make it seem as if the journalists were targeted because of their profession, and that isn't what happened at all. What is this - Trump lies all the time, so as long as we a…

http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/02/23/in-favor-of-niceness-co...
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