Comments on: Being wrong on Twitter

By: Danny_Black

Danny_Black — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 02:12:39 +0000

Only skimmed this post was it supposed to be a long-winded defence of not bothering to fact check. I know getting basic facts right is not that popular these days amongst journalists but you might want to write a post about the correlation between that and the declining readership of “real” newspapers.

The scarey thing is how the nonsense that gets cut and pasted then becomes a “fact”.

By: hsvkitty

hsvkitty — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 23:42:21 +0000

I see your point about it feeling like a newsroom where everyone is “all a twitter” when the information comes in, but, the fact remains people respect you as a journalist and you need to keep remembering what you say DOES matter. In that case, it can’t be considered harmless if you are wrong.

The fake account and the “victimizing” of Morgan might be a setup. He recently got an apology for misleading statements in testimony which were not in his book, but he really didn’t have a lot to say about hacking when he asked for that apology, did he.

I truly doubted Morgan had never known hacking was going on, but this blogger in the Guardian has some meat to chew on. reading that, it is in Morgan’s best interest to ensure people are distracted so he DOESN’T lose his job.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greensla de/2011/jul/29/piersmorgan-phone-hacking

By: brian1121

brian1121 — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 07:26:35 +0000

I think there is a clear line between what you can post/repost and what you should investigate before passing it on: If the item can cause hurt, pain or emotional distress to an individual, then it should be fact-checked first.

Otherwise it’sjust rumormongoring which should be beneath a real journalist.

By: y2kurtus

y2kurtus — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 01:52:55 +0000

that’s why I come back whenever I have a spare moment… I love your blog too KD… I’d love to meet you at a poker table some time… though after I shook your hand I’d be asking for a table change ASAP!

By: KidDynamite

KidDynamite — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:17:38 +0000

I think that your blog is supposed to be a credible source – if not of news, at least of accurate, well thought analysis.