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stenography masquerading as journalism
2014-07-16 17:33:40.400617+02 by
Dan Lyke
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Anti-news: Study: Political journalists opt for stenography over fact checking during presidential debates.
A look at the Twitter usage of journalists during the 2012 campaign reiterates that we're getting recaps of what candidates said, not actual facts.
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#Comment Re: made: 2014-07-17 19:11:11.518628+02 by:
dexev
*sigh*
I read that as 'steganography' at first -- that would have been something!
#Comment Re: made: 2014-07-17 21:44:15.469775+02 by:
Dan Lyke
I'm sure there's way more of that than anyone has yet to fess up to.
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