All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken.
A light from the shadow shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.

~J.R.R. Tolkien

Saturday, June 13, 2015

Lazy journalism is dumb, dumb, dumb.

The news media nowadays. They love to quote everything which internet users said. I have just read an "article" on The Star website where basically every new paragraph is a direct quotation from some internet users. Seriously?? You know what, even a 10yo could cut and paste those internet comments and make it into an article if that's what is required for an article. If journalism is going down that way, I will despise it. If you are a journalist who only knows to construct a news piece by scouring the internet and copy paste Facebook comments, I have no respect for you. If you are a news editor who allows that to happen, I have no respect for you.

Since when does random internet comments become a reliable source for judging a situation or event? You think you are quite fair to mix positive and negative internet opinions into your article,  and then, nop, no "then", you just leave it as it is and call it a day. I tell you, that is really dumb. Lazy journalism is really stupid. Articles which lack critical thinkings and constructive reasonings have NO VALUE AT ALL. (grumble)