"We spent a tremendous amount of money creating original content, original journalism, fact-checking, sending reporters overseas to cover wars," he said.
To quote the percentage of Oxbridge graduates in high places in law and journalism without checking on where their lives started is to make the sort of assumption that would have been heavily criticised by my tutors.
And shouldn't the resistance a movement that claims to value things like science, journalism, fact-checking, and norms be careful about the language that gets thrown around?
And the second was of course, when major news outlets clamored to be the first to report his death, without respect for the basics of journalism (fact checking) or the basics of being humane (letting the family enjoy their final hours with their beloved patriarch in peace).
The notion of journalism as a check on the irresponsible, corrupt or unfettered exercise of power is evaporating.
So when mainstream media pundits had to abandon the phrase, they ran to the second fail-safe of modern journalism: the fact check.
Regular installments of fact-checking journalism, identified as such, would strengthen the paper's approach.
Instead of a grand battle between justice and oppression, the film is almost a miniature: set in the fluorescent-lighted cubicles of a generic white-collar office, it focuses on the prosaic innards of journalism like fact-checking and copy editing.
In the U.S. that line is quickly eroding, as traditional outlets adopt the tools of digital journalists, including speed, transparency, and social engagement, and new media adopt the best practices of traditional journalism, including fact-checking, accuracy, and fairness.
