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Objective and fair reporting

Page history last edited by sandra jamieson 15 years, 5 months ago

 

Fair (information and facts) Objective (sides, people)

Takes a position but represent the facts correctly

·        Doesn’t make stuff up

·       Doesn’t take material out of context

·       Doesn’t misquote/misrepresent what people say

·       Doesn’t make a big deal out of little things

Presents alternative interpretations

Present the whole picture

       Presents positives and negatives/both sides of the situation

        Doesn’t make stuff up

        Doesn’t take material out of context

        Doesn’t misquote/misrepresent what people say

Doesn’t make a big deal out of little things

 

You can check to see whether information is fair and accurate at the following sites:

Fair (Media watchdog) FactCheck.Org Fact check weekly video

 

Basically if one of your sources makes a claim and no one else it saying the same thing, it is probably a questionable claim!

However, you're looking for more subtle things. What is included?  what is not included?  who is cited? who is not cited? how is the piece arranged (what is first, what is "buried" near the end)? what is the focus of the piece? what is the headline? etc

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