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Shouldn't journalists refrain from Twitter?

Posted on 8/10/17 at 12:55 pm
Posted by SirWinston
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Member since Jul 2014
83190 posts
Posted on 8/10/17 at 12:55 pm
It seems absurd that they are so blatantly blurring the lines between objectiveness and bias from their "real jobs" and what they write and re-tweet on Twitter.

I went my whole life without knowing that Tom Brokaw was a liberal. You can't go 5 minutes without seeing a national political reporter (not opinion) like Maggie Haberman or Glenn Thrush or Cuck Todd bashing this administration on Twitter.

I took a couple of journalism classes in college and I definitely remember hearing about the importance of unbiased writing.

Is this all out of the window? Is there any concern about Twitter decimating the line between professional, unbiased reporting and blatant partisan hackery?

I feel like news organizations should ban their employees from voicing political opinions of any sort on Twitter.
Posted by olddawg26
Member since Jan 2013
24648 posts
Posted on 8/10/17 at 1:01 pm to
You really can't see both sides can you? Like I thought you were being willfully ignorant but you truly honestly can't see that both sides do this? I get it now.
Posted by notsince98
KC, MO
Member since Oct 2012
18157 posts
Posted on 8/10/17 at 1:25 pm to
In no way would I say journalists should refrain from twitter but I think it might behoove them to have 2 twitter accounts. One that they use to strictly report what they know, are being told, or that they are finding during their own investigations.

Journalists are still people who have a right to have their own thoughts and opinions. I think they should have a 2nd twitter account where they stick strictly to their opinions, musings and communicating with their friends/family.
Posted by BigJim
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2010
14543 posts
Posted on 8/10/17 at 1:33 pm to
Nothing particularly wrong with Twitter. It's just another medium.

But they should just use to get their stories out, and maybe make clarifications.

Pushing a political agenda, regardless of medium, is the problem.
Posted by LSUTANGERINE
Baton Rouge LA
Member since Sep 2006
36113 posts
Posted on 8/10/17 at 1:38 pm to
Let me guess. You are a Trump supporter
Posted by PrimeTime Money
Houston, Texas, USA
Member since Nov 2012
27350 posts
Posted on 8/10/17 at 1:50 pm to
Not only that, but many of these reporters make such unprofessional tweets... using profanity, calling names, and acting like angsty teenagers.

Why doesn't their employer tell them to stop being so unprofessional on their twitter account that represents their company?
Posted by Kingpenm3
Xanadu
Member since Aug 2011
8985 posts
Posted on 8/10/17 at 3:48 pm to
quote:

Shouldn't journalists refrain from Twitter?



So attention seekers should refrain from attention

Posted by Montezuma
Member since Apr 2013
3630 posts
Posted on 8/10/17 at 4:18 pm to
"Silence the journalists personal thoughts!"

-Snowflakes
Posted by Yak
DuPage County
Member since May 2014
4672 posts
Posted on 8/10/17 at 4:19 pm to
We could probably ask Jeffrey Lord, since he was just shitcanned from CNN for saying "Seig Heil" on twitter
Posted by Wolfhound45
Hanging with Chicken in Lurkistan
Member since Nov 2009
120000 posts
Posted on 8/10/17 at 4:29 pm to
quote:

Shouldn't journalists refrain from Twitter?
Yes, they should. And no, they won't. It is the world we live in now.

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