Half Say Media Should 'Try Harder' When Breaking News
The results of yesterday’s Fish Poll are in…
In light of an excessive fudging of facts as news broke Friday of a shooting at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school, we asked: “What’s the media lesson in the Sandy Hook shooting?”
Exactly 50 percent of respondents said journalists should “try harder; we should be more willing to slow down, step back and be careful.”
Nearly one in four (28.26%) took a harder stance. They chose the answer “Some people shouldn’t be working in media if they don’t know how to fact check and get it right.”
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