So you concluded that no one should come to a conclusion, but lots of people did come to conclusions, and Cathy was the one you wanted to argue with. I understand there were circumstances that may have made getting better sourcing problematic. But if you can’t get better sourcing for your story, whatever the reason, maybe your story is n…
So you concluded that no one should come to a conclusion, but lots of people did come to conclusions, and Cathy was the one you wanted to argue with. I understand there were circumstances that may have made getting better sourcing problematic. But if you can’t get better sourcing for your story, whatever the reason, maybe your story is not fit for publication. Journalism still has standards and practices.
I guess I'm inclined to defend her because I found her piece persuasive at the time, and having given it a second look just now, I actually find it more persuasive. It's pretty extraordinary to move forward on a piece apparently based on hearsay from one source, and when Cathy said she was "leaning strongly toward 'probably didn't happen'", that's about where I fell, too. The commenters did make some good points about why one might expect sourcing to be hard to come by, though. But, I think the outcome is likely to be that fewer stories are reported, rather than lots of stories are reported based on poor journalistic practices because the environment will not allow proper journalism to take place. Neither outcome is particularly welcome, and we have the GOP to thank for all of it. You have a good evening, too.
So you concluded that no one should come to a conclusion, but lots of people did come to conclusions, and Cathy was the one you wanted to argue with. I understand there were circumstances that may have made getting better sourcing problematic. But if you can’t get better sourcing for your story, whatever the reason, maybe your story is not fit for publication. Journalism still has standards and practices.
I guess I'm inclined to defend her because I found her piece persuasive at the time, and having given it a second look just now, I actually find it more persuasive. It's pretty extraordinary to move forward on a piece apparently based on hearsay from one source, and when Cathy said she was "leaning strongly toward 'probably didn't happen'", that's about where I fell, too. The commenters did make some good points about why one might expect sourcing to be hard to come by, though. But, I think the outcome is likely to be that fewer stories are reported, rather than lots of stories are reported based on poor journalistic practices because the environment will not allow proper journalism to take place. Neither outcome is particularly welcome, and we have the GOP to thank for all of it. You have a good evening, too.