Dear Fox News: Tony Snow worked for you - you have to mention it EVERY time
Sure, maybe this is nitpicky of an organization that has proven itself to despise every last bit of journalistic ethics, but it’s the sort of thing that bugs me.
You see, when you once had a working relationship with someone, and then after they leave you write news stories about them, you MUST mention that in the news story. Even as a small blurb at the bottom. But you HAVE to do it, or it appears you are hiding something, even in a story reporting that the man has cancer. Having a link to his bio doesn’t cut it.
Because in this story: “White House Spokesman Tony Snow Has Cancer Again” you’d never guess that Snow worked for Fox News for nearly a decade.
“We Report, you Decide” just doesn’t work if you don’t actually report as you’re supposed to. But that’s just journalistic ethics is all. Once you’ve accepted having your on-camera hairdos repeatedly lie to your viewers, little stuff like this is obviously meaningless.
As it should be, I suppose. The RNC doesn’t worry much about journalistic integrity either.
–WKW
April 11th, 2007 at 5:56 am
[…] What’s interesting is the fuss Fox News is giving the Imus story. While they obviously are enjoying a hit for one of their rivals, they are missing the bigger picture. It will be just a matter of time until they are shoved into the glare of public dissent by the reborn National Conscience. […]