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Originally Posted by Jersey Mike
Journalism is ****. I've noticed the blatant disregard for factual accuracy, and see too many instances of details purposely left out to spin a story in a certain way, or a rush to get something, almost anything, out there ASAP. Whatever is more likely to get pageviews and mouse clicks is what often seems to be published.
It's pretty gross.
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I have personally been told by a major news outlet to re-engineer our study results to make things more marketable. As in "F with the graph scaling until it looks exciting".
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Originally Posted by LTb1ow
I'm sorry, but a guy with his lower leg gone and a bloody mess of hanging muscles is not something that should be in mainstream journalism.
Very fine line between graphic realism, and just sensationalism gore.
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Yup.