On Sunday, March 8, 2015 at 10:22:22 PM UTC-7, Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: > > I refuse to pay any credence to blind quotes anymore. And any journalist > who bases an article on them (I'm working my way through this one and am > underimpressed so far) is an abysmal failure in my estimation. > > In admittedly general terms, anonymous quotes are used by writers who want > to push their own opinions off as fact. Most times such quotes -- and any > information contained therein -- cannot be verified. It is sloppy writing. > Any teenager could post a blog using them. > > Such blind quotes contain nothing of journalistic merit. > > In other words, about as useful as the average Wikipedia article.
I'm using all the media coverage the same way as I would Wikipedia ... as an indication of where I should look to find the actual facts. Like Kevin, I have my doubts about the credibility of much of it. Has anyone besides myself noticed that those writers who use the "anonymous-quotes-to-make-my-version-seem-factual" method tend to also be the more long-winded ones? If there isn't already an adage along the lines of an article's length being inversely proportional to its likelihood of being accurate, I hereby claim same in my name. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
