http://enableate.com/steve/2006/261 make it happen Sat, 19 May 2012 23:02:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 http://enableate.com/steve/2006/261#comment-521 Darwin Tue, 02 May 2006 14:24:06 +0000 http://enableate.com/steve/2006/261#comment-521 Yeah, but they still need to send camera crews and shit; however, as I said i htink the main problem is the onfrastructue, ie, I honestly don't know whether most mainstream news outlets have anyone who's job it is (or who is competent to) find sites such as USAID and spend time verifying their stories. I totally admit I could be wrong though, I'm just saying this is my impression from talking to some people who were bitching about their jobs in the news. Yeah, but they still need to send camera crews and shit; however, as I said i htink the main problem is the onfrastructue, ie, I honestly don’t know whether most mainstream news outlets have anyone who’s job it is (or who is competent to) find sites such as USAID and spend time verifying their stories. I totally admit I could be wrong though, I’m just saying this is my impression from talking to some people who were bitching about their jobs in the news.

]]> http://enableate.com/steve/2006/261#comment-517 steve Mon, 01 May 2006 18:15:15 +0000 http://enableate.com/steve/2006/261#comment-517 Not true. If you visit the <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/" rel="nofollow">USAID</a> page you will see plenty of stories on the reconstruction effort in Iraq. Using these stories does not even require having reporters in Iraq and yet these stories never make it to the front pages of the MSM. Not true. If you visit the USAID page you will see plenty of stories on the reconstruction effort in Iraq. Using these stories does not even require having reporters in Iraq and yet these stories never make it to the front pages of the MSM.

]]> http://enableate.com/steve/2006/261#comment-516 darwin Mon, 01 May 2006 17:58:51 +0000 http://enableate.com/steve/2006/261#comment-516 Another thing I've heard from people who actually work in the news is that budget cuts and resulting laziness have led to a sharp decline in investigative reporting. It's easy to report the body count which the military releases officially and then to speculate wildly; I suspect that storie like the one in hta posting take some amount of effort to find (as well as danger etc) and that many news associations simply aren't willing to invest the resources to find such a story- or, to be more specific, do not have the framework neccessary to find such a story in place. Another thing I’ve heard from people who actually work in the news is that budget cuts and resulting laziness have led to a sharp decline in investigative reporting. It’s easy to report the body count which the military releases officially and then to speculate wildly; I suspect that storie like the one in hta posting take some amount of effort to find (as well as danger etc) and that many news associations simply aren’t willing to invest the resources to find such a story- or, to be more specific, do not have the framework neccessary to find such a story in place.

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