Tuesday 13 July 2010
Another Katrina Myth Busted...by Science
"...almost every piece of information spread about the event by the national media has turned out to be, to use a term of journalistic art, wrong."
Yes, but isn't that normal? The purpose of the media is to sell products, not to tell the truth. Much media falsehood is not even lies, simply the result of lazy and ignorant reporters who can't be bothered to check on the facts and who reiterate what their colleagues say as received wisdom. It is a small minority who publish knowing their facts to be wrong, just so they can increase their own notoriety and sell more soap.
# posted by Had It in Holland Park @ 04:48 
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