BuzzFeed stands by its reporting after Special Counsel Robert Mueller flagged alleged inaccuracies. But I have some thoughts about wavering journalism standards– and how propagandists have learned to exploit our weaknesses to further their narratives.
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Thank you. It is important for people to know that journalistic integrity still excited. Whether you’re on the left or right, just provide the facts and let people form their own opinion.
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Thank you for your podcast, I’m so glad you are here. Censorship is getting so bad, honest sources of news and opinion are like gold.
Yes, please continue to make these podcasts!
Sharyl, I want to call out a notice of journalists fate in our neighbor country to the south that President Trump is trying to avert in this nation; because of the Left in our nation, runs the risk of becoming Alta Mexico by not stopping movement from the south. I’ve been following Anabel Hernandez – a brave journalist from Mexico City- for several years as she tries to wake Mexico up to the cliff that looms ahead for them just as your reporting here in America, attempting the same thing with the obstruction by the left. Two sites that emphasize how critical it is that “the invasion” be stopped are:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq4Biuxy0Fs
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/news/a32135/anabel-hernandez/
Anabel is cut from the same cloth as you, Sharyl, and in the not too distant future could be faced with the same reality. My trusted friend came from Mexico. The father was Hefe de Juciales (Chief of the Plainclothes Detectives) executed along with my friend’s brother and sister by the drug cartel Gurreros Unidos in 2010. The rest of the family, under threat of extermination, fled to America.
You see, this is serious business allowing open borders for the cartel. We may as well hang a sign on the gateway, “Cartels welcome here!” IF slumbering America in ignorance of your’s and Anabel’s clarion call has no effect at the polls, it will be left to the vigilante minority to answer the call and I don’t personally want to see that here in America to stop the government from taking control of all things.
You’ve heard the old saying, Sharyl, ” Opinions are like anuses; everybody has one!” That seems to be more true of the main stream media where they all COMPETE to be the TOP ANUS of the day, week, or year with their opinion rather than doing do diligence to verify their opinion. I have trusted YOUR opinion for many years now because you are very much in the minority, emphasizing accuracy Sharyl, and another old saying comes to mind, “The nail that sticks up GETS HAMMERED DOWN! Sharyl a plane only takes flac when it’s over the target, and you are over the target and have been for some time. I LOVE THAT!!
Agree with you thoughts completely, but also think this is a part of a much larger problem: reporters relying on anonymous sources for major stories without painting a picture of the motives and positions of these sources. Especially where a narrative is being developed, I want to know a little more than two law enforcement sources with knowledge of the situation. I also think that disclosure of participation of actors such as Fusion GPS as providers of information for articles should be shared. Understanding the context of information provided by anonymous sources would allow evaluation their credibility.
Excellent. Need more. I agree I would be tempted to join a monthly subscription if cost is reasonable (see Patrick lacaire above)
You are one of the few remaining real investigative reporters–hence one of the few I trust implicitly. Keep it up.
Superb commentary on media abandoning basic journalistic standards. Missing, however, is what listeners and readers can do about it. The disturbing trend continues unabated; and the proof is a simple look at CNN or CBS or NBC. They have no shame for what they are doing. They do not care because there are no consequences … except for the death of integrity in journalism.