|
Home
|
Dumb Reporting Once Again
Here's another case of reporting that's just dumb. Jacksonville blogger Rogers Cadenhead had the foresight to reserve domain names for potential names of the new pope. One was BenedictXVI.com. The Washington Post learned of the name reservation, then the Today Show featured Rogers. He clearly said in the newspaper, on his web page, and on-air that he reserved the names to keep pornographers from using it. He said he didn't know what he was going to do with it. Since, Rogers has emailed the Vatican offering the name, and in the meantime, he's donating any income from the site (and his own site as well) to the charity, Modest Needs. This is just dumb. All too many news people decide what a story is about before doing any investigation - then refuse to change their view of the story despite what their investigation might uncover. I once worked for a station where we were told to write the final paragraph of the story before doing any interviews. In other words, come to the conclusion before doing any investigation. Never let the facts get in the way of a good story, I guess. It's just idiocy. |
Enter the local media.