NYTimes: Journalism Rules Are Bent in News Coverage From Iran

Posted by Tony Serve at 11:23 PM

Published: 29 June 2009
"Check the source" may be the first rule of journalism. But in the coverage of the protests in Iran this month, some news organizations have adopted a different stance: publish first, ask questions later. If you still don't know the answer, ask your readers.

From The New York Times:

Journalism Rules Are Bent in News Coverage From Iran


News organizations that would reject using cellphone videos or Twitter reports are forced to rely on them as an information source....

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/business/media/29coverage.html

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