Wuddi@lemmy.zip to News@lemmy.world · 5 days agoScott Pelley says Bari Weiss wanted 60 Minutes to say Renee Good was ‘driving toward officer’www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkScott Pelley says Bari Weiss wanted 60 Minutes to say Renee Good was ‘driving toward officer’www.theguardian.comWuddi@lemmy.zip to News@lemmy.world · 5 days agomessage-square37fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareEndlessNightmare@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 days agoWouldn’t falsely reporting something like that open you to a slander lawsuit? That’s why news articles and such use “allegedly” and other language to avoid making direct claims.
minus-squarehumorlessrepost@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 days agoJournalism used to mean doing work to figure out what actually happened and reporting your findings, rather than rewording the government’s and corporations’ press releases and adding “allegedly”, and throwing in some quotes from other people. Until recently, 60 minutes still did journalism.
Wouldn’t falsely reporting something like that open you to a slander lawsuit?
That’s why news articles and such use “allegedly” and other language to avoid making direct claims.
Journalism used to mean doing work to figure out what actually happened and reporting your findings, rather than rewording the government’s and corporations’ press releases and adding “allegedly”, and throwing in some quotes from other people.
Until recently, 60 minutes still did journalism.