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An example of the failed "journalism" at nola.com
Posted on 5/6/19 at 9:39 am
Posted on 5/6/19 at 9:39 am
Here's an article about a murder.
LINK
Here is the text of the article:
This was posted on Sunday, with a by-line with the name of the author of the "article".
Now, here is what was reported on the SBSO facebook page.
Now, what exactly did the "reporter" do? She took a facebook post from the police, changed one or two words, and wrote it as an article, with a by-line, with no other information.
Far too often, this is what passed for "journalism" over there.
LINK
Here is the text of the article:
quote:
The St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office is investigating the fatal shooting of a man in Chalmette Saturday night (May 4). The shooting occurred around 8:30 p.m. in the 3600 block of Shangri-La Drive, Sheriff James Pohlmann said. No further information was immediately available.
This was posted on Sunday, with a by-line with the name of the author of the "article".
Now, here is what was reported on the SBSO facebook page.
quote:
The St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office is investigating the fatal shooting of a male victim that occurred around 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 4 in the 3600 block of Shangri-La Drive in Chalmette, Sheriff James Pohlmann said. The investigation is ongoing.
Now, what exactly did the "reporter" do? She took a facebook post from the police, changed one or two words, and wrote it as an article, with a by-line, with no other information.
Far too often, this is what passed for "journalism" over there.
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Posted on 5/6/19 at 9:42 am to LSUFanHouston
:sigh:"
Okay, you have PLENTY of reasons/ways to criticize local media outlets for shoddy journalism
But this isn't one of them, they are reporting breaking news with an incident report. Better than nothing
Okay, you have PLENTY of reasons/ways to criticize local media outlets for shoddy journalism
But this isn't one of them, they are reporting breaking news with an incident report. Better than nothing
Posted on 5/6/19 at 9:42 am to LSUFanHouston
Calm down
Posted on 5/6/19 at 9:43 am to LSUFanHouston
out of all things to criticize journalists for this is the angle you play. son I have some bad news
Posted on 5/6/19 at 9:46 am to LSUFanHouston
dude, just be grateful it's not another article reporting a tweet.
Posted on 5/6/19 at 9:47 am to LSUFanHouston
That's the worst example of what you're trying to display. 
Posted on 5/6/19 at 9:50 am to PrivatePublic
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dude, just be grateful it's not another article reporting a tweet.
It's an article reposting a facebook post... that's somehow better?
Posted on 5/6/19 at 9:51 am to LSUFanHouston
NOLA.com blows but this is a stretch
Posted on 5/6/19 at 9:52 am to Shankopotomus
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But this isn't one of them, they are reporting breaking news with an incident report. Better than nothing
It was posted 15 hours after the incident, hardly "breaking news".
If they would have posted it without a byline, I would be fine with that.
My issue is the reporter taking credit here. She didn't do anything except copy and paste a facebook post.
Posted on 5/6/19 at 9:52 am to Ed Osteen
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NOLA.com blows but this is a stretch
To me it's a fine example of the absolute joke the paper/website has become.
Is it the worst example? No. But it's a simple one.
Posted on 5/6/19 at 9:53 am to Shankopotomus
I guess he looking for something a little more noir.
quote:
It gets hot in the city in May but for one hardboiled detective in St. Bernard, the heat reached the boiling point as fate intertwined itself between him and one poor sap who found himself on the wrong end of a slug at half past eight in the evening.
One Sheriff James Pohlmann could only shake his head and ruefully think to himself that Shangri-La wasn't all it was cracked up to be.
Posted on 5/6/19 at 9:54 am to LSUFanHouston
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It's an article reposting a facebook post... that's somehow better?
Yes, it's a restatement of public knowledge.
Not a "So and so posted on facebook today..." or "Trump tweeted today...".
I swear, those articles are prima facie why MSM needs to die.
Posted on 5/6/19 at 9:55 am to LSUFanHouston
This is an incredibly strange outrage.
Posted on 5/6/19 at 9:55 am to LSUFanHouston
quote:
To me it's a fine example of the absolute joke the paper/website has become.
Is it the worst example? No. But it's a simple one.
Any newspaper in the country would've posted the same. It's literally all the info available. As more comes in, they update. It happens with any breaking news story.
This is an awful complaint.
Posted on 5/6/19 at 9:56 am to LSUFanHouston
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My issue is the reporter taking credit here. She didn't do anything except copy and paste a facebook post.
Which was an official statement from the investigating office ffs...
Posted on 5/6/19 at 9:57 am to pankReb
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This is an incredibly strange outrage.
Observation more than outrage. I mean, somehow, my life will be able to go on...
Posted on 5/6/19 at 9:58 am to LSUFanHouston
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s it the worst example? No. But it's a simple one
they have only three sentences total of information dude
wtf do you want from that?
Posted on 5/6/19 at 9:58 am to LSUFanHouston
You do know that "once upon a time" this was done every day as a phone call between public entities like police departments and the newspaper and the paper would basically print the information shared from the PD for public knowledge
I'd love to dig in with you on shoddy journalism but we need to start over with a better case study in the OP
I'd love to dig in with you on shoddy journalism but we need to start over with a better case study in the OP
Posted on 5/6/19 at 10:01 am to Shankopotomus
quote:
You do know that "once upon a time" this was done every day as a phone call between public entities like police departments and the newspaper and the paper would basically print the information shared from the PD for public knowledge
fwiw this is still the SOP for local TV and newspaper media. Every so many hours someone will start making calls to dispatch to see if there's anything that they're working on at the moment.
Posted on 5/6/19 at 10:02 am to Shankopotomus
quote:
You do know that "once upon a time" this was done every day as a phone call between public entities like police departments and the newspaper and the paper would basically print the information shared from the PD for public knowledge
Right... usually without a reporter by-line though.
Of course, that was in the days before police depts could communicate directly with the public.
So maybe that is the issue, then? If the police dept already distributed the information directly to the public, and the local newspaper simply reprints it with no additional information, then what exactly is the need for the local newspaper? Sounds to me like this is just filler.
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