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stenography masquerading as journalism

2014-07-16 15:33:40.400617+00 by Dan Lyke 2 comments

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 17:11:11.518628+00 by: dexev

*sigh*

I read that as 'steganography' at first -- that would have been something!

#Comment Re: made: 2014-07-17 19:44:15.469775+00 by: Dan Lyke

I'm sure there's way more of that than anyone has yet to fess up to.