What characteristics of reporting enable you to judge whether or not information is reliable? Please use examples of specific people, events, or phenomena to support your answer.
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I look for reliability, details and accuracy to judge whether or not information is reliable for example, the education reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram wrote a short item directing residents of a suburban neighborhood to a school board meeting at Parkview Elementary School. The next morning the reporter realized he had given the wrong information: The meeting was not at Parkview Elementary School it was at Park Glen Elementary.
The Star-Telegram could publish a correction the next day. However that would be too late for people who relied on the newspaper to get there. Being reliable in 1996 the reporter Bowen, was at the wrong school handing out printed directions to people who arrived looking for the meeting at Park Glen. Bowen relied on memory when he could have checked his notes.
The Star-Telegram could publish a correction the next day. However that would be too late for people who relied on the newspaper to get there. Being reliable in 1996 the reporter Bowen, was at the wrong school handing out printed directions to people who arrived looking for the meeting at Park Glen. Bowen relied on memory when he could have checked his notes.
You've given a good example of unreliable reporting.
But you haven't answered the question.
How could readers have determined whether the location of the meeting was correct? They couldn't from the newspaper account. People who wanted to attend the meeting would have had to verify it in another source -- in this case the school or the school board.
In general, a reader must confirm information by verifying it in another source.
But you haven't answered the question.
How could readers have determined whether the location of the meeting was correct? They couldn't from the newspaper account. People who wanted to attend the meeting would have had to verify it in another source -- in this case the school or the school board.
In general, a reader must confirm information by verifying it in another source.