Outrage!: The New York Times (among other, usually quite sensible, media outlets) reports on a study by the Center for Media and Democracy showing that many television stations continue to use video news releases.
No mention of the fact that many print media--including the Times itself, unless I am much mistaken--continue to use press releases.
No mention of the fact that many print media--including the Times itself, unless I am much mistaken--continue to use press releases.
posted by Paul A. Holmes @ 1:51 AM
2 Comments:
At 9:16 PM,
Unknown said…
I don't take issue with The Times as much as with PR Watch, which is blaming the PR industry for the complacency of broadcast journalists. Redirect I say!
At 10:23 AM,
Paul A. Holmes said…
Well, if there's any ethical issue it seems to me to be on the journalistic side, but I don't really see an issue. Someone pitches you a story, you decide whether to use it. Is that decision somehow ethically wrong because the pitch came from a PR person?
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