One of the stark differences between the "new" online media and the traditional media is the do-anything-for-clicks mentality of the new media.
OLD MEDIA: if a photo does NOT show the events taking place in the news story, the photo is clearly labeled a "photo/illustration" or a "file" photo from such and such a date.
NEW MEDIA: This photo Was used on a cable company's "news" to illustrate a story about a weekend helicopter crash the killed two U.S. Marines...but it is not a pictures of the accident. It is a "Stock" photo bought from a company that sells them.
OLD MEDIA: Editors make sure headlines are honest in telling the accompanying story.
NEW MEDIA: Whatever makes visitors click on the story.
Why would anyone be so against "long-form journalism" that they would create a video bashing it?
Someone did, reports Poynter.
Way too much time on their hands, says Tim.
Who ya gonna trust in the media? Forbes Magazine reports on new research showing trust in the media is dropping (but so is trust in just about everything!)
OLD MEDIA: if a photo does NOT show the events taking place in the news story, the photo is clearly labeled a "photo/illustration" or a "file" photo from such and such a date.
NEW MEDIA: This photo Was used on a cable company's "news" to illustrate a story about a weekend helicopter crash the killed two U.S. Marines...but it is not a pictures of the accident. It is a "Stock" photo bought from a company that sells them.
OLD MEDIA: Editors make sure headlines are honest in telling the accompanying story.
NEW MEDIA: Whatever makes visitors click on the story.
CDC: Outbreak of potentially deadly virus at Disneyland spreads to 5 states
(That would be the measles outbreak story.)
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There are exceptions, like this misleading headlines from last year. The paper was in FOI fight over security features used by the Water Works Board.
No, not all facts can be published. Would they print the nuclear codes to U.S. missiles? The identity of an under-aged sexual abuse victim? The password for the publisher's home security system?
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Why would anyone be so against "long-form journalism" that they would create a video bashing it?
Someone did, reports Poynter.
Way too much time on their hands, says Tim.
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Traditional media gets a 62% trust rating while 53% say they trust “hybrid media,” meaning newer online outlets like the Huffington Post or BuzzFeed. Some 48% trust the news they get from social media, although it’s not clear what that number means since it incorporates everything from a friend’s status update with links to no sources to a Tweet on the news to a posting that links to a traditional site like the New York Times or the BBC.[The Monday Morning Media Memo is a longtime regualar feature of TimLennox.com.]
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