France's AMF watchdog fines Bloomberg €5M over Vinci hoax

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Dec 17, 2019, 7:50 PM UTC

londons_explore wrote: post #78

the_duke wrote: post #3

In today's world of race to the finish (/ bottom) journalism, I think it should be mandatory for all publications to have an addendum to each article, which contains: * list of sources of information and original research conducted ( including names of interviewees, only anonymized with a justification, links, etc ) * a sign-off by a journalist (note: not supposed to imply responsibility or liability for accuracy of…

I wonder why journalists don't voluntarily to this? It seems obvious to me that high quality journalism should cite sources and methods, if only to protect themselves from future criticism if their news reporting turns out to be wrong. At least then they can point at the fault publicly, explain how it happened, and what they are changing to make sure it doesn't happen again. In some cases, they might deliberately not…

Post by user5994461 » Tue, Dec 17, 2019, 7:53 PM UTC

Post by PeterisP » Tue, Dec 17, 2019, 7:55 PM UTC

CharlesColeman wrote: post #159

aguyfromnb wrote: post #24

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This story is so odd to me. On the one hand, if true, all Bloomberg had to do was produce evidence; a single compromised server. They didn't. On the other hand, if the journalists fabricated the entire story, saying that all these big companies were hacked, why didn't anybody sue them? It was a major accusation! It just kinda...disappeared.

> On the one hand, if true, all Bloomberg had to do was produce evidence; a single compromised server. They didn't. If the story were true, under what circumstances could Bloomberg reports have come into possession of a compromised sever to satisfy this requirement? > On the other hand, if the journalists fabricated the entire story Journalists evaluate and report what they're told by sources. For instance: they don'…

Post by user5994461 » Tue, Dec 17, 2019, 7:59 PM UTC

humanrebar wrote: post #98

The headline probably needs qualification that the fine was in Europe, not the U.S. I was shocked that any U.S. regulator would attempt to push against the First Amendment in this way. It's a different story with more context.

Post by manfredo » Tue, Dec 17, 2019, 8:02 PM UTC

excursionist wrote: post #102

lbenes wrote: post #85

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I've seen this accusation thrown out there on social media a few times now. When I've asked for examples, no one been able to provide a list showing that this is actually a systemic problem. With resources like the Internet Archive it should be trivial to prove that this really a problem. Can you back up your claims? Journalists are people and make mistakes. But overall, respected institutions like NYT, WSJ, WaPo, an…

I see this happening pretty much every day for political news. I don't keep track of a list, but here is a recent example: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/13/us/politics/bernie-sander... > Mr. Uygur, a longtime supporter of Mr. Sanders, has also disparaged former President Barack Obama on his show, argued that bestiality should be legal and hosted white supremacist figures, including David Duke. In one clip that circ…