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[h=2]Sleight of hand by national broadcaster CNA not well played[/h]
September 24th, 2012 |
Author: Correspondent
Top=Before, Bottom=After
Channel News Asia (CNA) published a short article on 22nd Sept extolling the virtues of F1 Singapore [LINK].
To make their point, they made use of anonymous sources to supply quotations acting as if it is appropriate and allright by journalism standards.
However, it is not very ‘healthy’, considering that CNA is a “reputable” news source.
After drawing some flak and probably realising the Internet is laughing at their professionalism, CNA decided to add some generic names and identification of nationalities to the sources to give the quotations some attribution and credibility.
Check out the before and altered article by clicking on the snapshot to the right.
The usual practice of news outlets is to alert the reader to any editing of the article post-publication. This is what flagging is all about. It helps to build and enable trust because readers want to know when the publication is messing around with them.
But as a press in a class of its own, CNA appears to be exempted from this international standard.
Top=Before, Bottom=AfterChannel News Asia (CNA) published a short article on 22nd Sept extolling the virtues of F1 Singapore [LINK].
To make their point, they made use of anonymous sources to supply quotations acting as if it is appropriate and allright by journalism standards.
However, it is not very ‘healthy’, considering that CNA is a “reputable” news source.
After drawing some flak and probably realising the Internet is laughing at their professionalism, CNA decided to add some generic names and identification of nationalities to the sources to give the quotations some attribution and credibility.
Check out the before and altered article by clicking on the snapshot to the right.
The usual practice of news outlets is to alert the reader to any editing of the article post-publication. This is what flagging is all about. It helps to build and enable trust because readers want to know when the publication is messing around with them.
But as a press in a class of its own, CNA appears to be exempted from this international standard.
