RussEYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS REQUIRE VERIFICATION…
Eyewitness accounts require verification by other eyewitnesses to give them some truth-value in journalism.
That is because eyewitnesses often interpret what they see through their value and belief mentality as well as colouring it with their perceptual, ideological and psychological biases. This influences their understanding and what they report as truth.
It is ironic that courts give them so much credibility.