Andrea Junker 
JOURNALISM 101 RULE: If someone says it’s raining, and another person says it’s dry, it’s not your job to quote them both. Your job is to look out of the fucking window and find out which is true. — Now more than ever.
Clipper Chip 
@Strandjunker As if it was always so easy. The more accurate analogy is that you are locked in a basement with no windows and have to decide.
TonyK@clipperchip @Strandjunker Sometimes that's true but usually there are windows. If not, a journalist should ask the question and not blindly accept what they're told. Person in the basement can Google a few weather sites. If I'm buying something, I check reviews. I don't accept any single review - but I read them and make an informed decision. There's no excuse for a journo being a govt mouthpiece.
Gordon 📀 Data Hunter-Gatherer@clipperchip @Strandjunker
That is often the reader's dilemma, yes
But the journalist is the one out hunting for windows
Hugh@clipperchip @Strandjunker time to get a barometer... Even without direct observation there are ways to gauge veracity.
@hughie @Strandjunker Funny, since a barometer cannot tell you whether it's actually raining or not.
@clipperchip @Strandjunker there's a higher probability of rain with low pressure.
Beertrix
Jesse Liberty@hughie @clipperchip @Strandjunker
Question on a high school quiz: name two ways to tell the height of a building with a barometer.
1) Throw the barometer off the roof and count seconds until it smashes
2) Go to the owner and say "tell me the height of your building and I'll give you this cool barometer."
This is not on point, but it made me laugh.
Viking Hippie@jesseliberty @hughie @clipperchip @Strandjunker it very much is with regards to the point of the original toot though.
Journalists are constantly cozying up to representatives of both factions (center right to right wing Democrats and fascist Republicans) of the establishment who flat out lie when asked questions that have objectively true answers.
Ormrsverd@clipperchip @Strandjunker how about listening to the drainage sounds tho
@Ormrsverd @Strandjunker Until you realize it's someone watering the plants on a sunny day.
Fabian ¯\_(ツ)_/¯@clipperchip @Strandjunker Then it is the journalist's job to find a window. And if they cannot do so, maybe someone else - who has access to a window - should write the article instead.
Arnaud Meuret 🧡💚💙@clipperchip @Strandjunker What happened to “if you don’t know, STFU.” ?
Alexander@clipperchip
She talkes about "the f****** window". A "f******* window" is always something you can look out through. If you can't, you're already in hell.
So, do it before it is to late.
@Strandjunker
She talkes about "the f****** window". A "f******* window" is always something you can look out through. If you can't, you're already in hell.
So, do it before it is to late.
@Strandjunker