Complaint about Online Articles
Oct 25, 2023 08:04:54 #
Everyone knows that the Internet is worldwide, so why don't articles include appropriate details? Two essential details are location and date.
Our local newspaper has an article about a "Machine Gun BnB." Thirty-three guns, some converted to shoot thirty-three rounds in two seconds, were discovered at a birthday party for a seventeen-year-old. The article mentioned towns and streets, but not the state. I Googled towns in NY, but they didn't show up. It turns out that this was in MN. That should have been the lead-off.
I've come across things like this before - "Major Flood!" Yeah, that was five years ago. The date and location are essential for any online article. "Amazing new features in Windows!" Yeah, from five years ago.
Our local newspaper has an article about a "Machine Gun BnB." Thirty-three guns, some converted to shoot thirty-three rounds in two seconds, were discovered at a birthday party for a seventeen-year-old. The article mentioned towns and streets, but not the state. I Googled towns in NY, but they didn't show up. It turns out that this was in MN. That should have been the lead-off.
I've come across things like this before - "Major Flood!" Yeah, that was five years ago. The date and location are essential for any online article. "Amazing new features in Windows!" Yeah, from five years ago.
Oct 25, 2023 09:02:14 #
Our local paper has a habit of doing a spread of new stores (mostly places to eat) and they show what wonderful food they serve and it looks really good but they never give the street address.
Oct 25, 2023 09:41:33 #
Essential reporting - Who, What, When, Where.
Note - There is no why. That's only for journalism and editorials.
Note - There is no why. That's only for journalism and editorials.
Oct 25, 2023 10:10:53 #
tcthome
Loc: NJ
jerryc41 wrote:
Everyone knows that the Internet is worldwide, so ... (show quote)
Hey, at least it was true!
Oct 25, 2023 10:26:13 #
Oct 25, 2023 11:34:30 #
There seems to be two kinds of "journalism" today: Fully partisan one way or "both sides have an equally legitimate view and must be given equal weight."
Verifiable facts and "alternative facts" are given equal attention, and often left out entirely for the reader/viewer to discern on their own. Journalism is no longer trusted as once it was, since ideology has come to rule every facet of life in the 21st century.
Verifiable facts and "alternative facts" are given equal attention, and often left out entirely for the reader/viewer to discern on their own. Journalism is no longer trusted as once it was, since ideology has come to rule every facet of life in the 21st century.
Oct 25, 2023 12:25:57 #
Country Boy wrote:
Our local paper has a habit of doing a spread of new stores (mostly places to eat) and they show what wonderful food they serve and it looks really good but they never give the street address.
Yes, typical. It took me quite a while to find out where the restaurant they were writing about was actually located. "New in town" doesn't help much.
Oct 25, 2023 12:47:50 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Everyone knows that the Internet is worldwide, so ... (show quote)
There are events call machine gun shoots. Very safe and well controlled. You pay big bucks for 1:1 time with the instructor.
Oct 25, 2023 13:08:27 #
Yup, I HATE that OLD articles show up!
If there are a ton, I tell Google to only look in the last week, month, or year.
If there are a ton, I tell Google to only look in the last week, month, or year.
Oct 25, 2023 13:55:36 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Everyone knows that the Internet is worldwide, so ... (show quote)
See if you can locate or Google up a tape from the olden days " Machine-gun Magic" they shoot a multitude of weapons. Lots of fun to watch.
Oct 25, 2023 15:19:53 #
One Rude Dawg wrote:
See if you can locate or Google up a tape from the olden days " Machine-gun Magic" they shoot a multitude of weapons. Lots of fun to watch.
Okay, but this was a kid's birthday parts with lots of illegal guns. The police wound up there because they traced the theft of a wallet to that house.
Oct 25, 2023 16:22:51 #
Didn't (most) students in elementary school, first learn the 4 "W's" of writing any manuscript?
Who, when, where, and lastly...Why?
I have even gone to "Weather Channel" to find out the latest storms in the area.
(Only) to realize that the video or a great storm, was not for today, but from 2018.
The honorable-Reverend Google, isn't any better. (How about removing old news from the net
after a month?
Put a date in the headings of videos or photos.
Who, when, where, and lastly...Why?
I have even gone to "Weather Channel" to find out the latest storms in the area.
(Only) to realize that the video or a great storm, was not for today, but from 2018.
The honorable-Reverend Google, isn't any better. (How about removing old news from the net
after a month?
Put a date in the headings of videos or photos.
Oct 25, 2023 17:30:44 #
clint f.
Loc: Priest Lake Idaho, Spokane Wa
JBuckley wrote:
Didn't (most) students in elementary school, first... (show quote)
It’s actually who, what, when and where. That’s reporting.
Deleting after a set period of time depends on the information sought. If it’s a seasonal menu then delete away. If it’s information or writing on a non current event people may want or need the info.
Oct 25, 2023 19:03:48 #
clint f. wrote:
It’s actually who, what, when and where. That’s reporting.
Deleting after a set period of time depends on the information sought. If it’s a seasonal menu then delete away. If it’s information or writing on a non current event people may want or need the info.
Deleting after a set period of time depends on the information sought. If it’s a seasonal menu then delete away. If it’s information or writing on a non current event people may want or need the info.
It doesn't have to be deleted, JUST DATED.
Oct 25, 2023 19:08:07 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Everyone knows that the Internet is worldwide, so ... (show quote)
I have a degree in journalism, I was a photo journalist in the Army, and I taught journalism at high school. I always taught/used the pyramid structure; the most important info first, next important next and so on. I still have a daily paper delivered and read it every morning. I have read so many articles where the headline catches an eye but it takes3-4 paragraphs before you find what that headline is trying to say. I don't think anyone proof reads any more, everyday I find misspelled words, run on sentences and poor grammar. Online is not any better.
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