Martin HollandLet’s Correct the Record on the Media’s Handling of the #Clinton #Email Story - #NiemanReports
Why are marquee news outlets still unwilling to grapple with their role in the #2016election?
"Here’s what The Times and other major news outlets should have done instead: Demand to see the entire trove of documents before reporting on any of them. That would have been the only way to wrestle control of the timeline from outside actors determined to use #mainstream #media to affect the election. It’s not a radical move. Journalists often do that, for instance, when dealing with investigations. We don’t allow the source to dictate publication terms, even indirectly, especially if we know they are purposefully withholding pertinent information and #context."
#FBI #Wikileaks #DonaldTrump #HillaryClinton #Journalism
https://niemanreports.org/articles/clinton-emails-new-york-times/
I wrote about this five years ago (in German):
#MissingLink: Wie Russen einmal erfolgreich #Cyberwar führten
Donald Trump wurde auch dank russischer Hilfe zum US-Präsidenten gewählt. Dafür gibt es inzwischen genug Indizien. Wichtig ist es nun, daraus Lehren zu ziehen.
https://www.heise.de/hintergrund/Missing-Link-Wie-Russen-einmal-erfolgreich-Cyberwar-fuehrten-4198408.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege
Why are marquee news outlets still unwilling to grapple with their role in the #2016election?
"Here’s what The Times and other major news outlets should have done instead: Demand to see the entire trove of documents before reporting on any of them. That would have been the only way to wrestle control of the timeline from outside actors determined to use #mainstream #media to affect the election. It’s not a radical move. Journalists often do that, for instance, when dealing with investigations. We don’t allow the source to dictate publication terms, even indirectly, especially if we know they are purposefully withholding pertinent information and #context."
#FBI #Wikileaks #DonaldTrump #HillaryClinton #Journalism
https://niemanreports.org/articles/clinton-emails-new-york-times/
I wrote about this five years ago (in German):
#MissingLink: Wie Russen einmal erfolgreich #Cyberwar führten
Donald Trump wurde auch dank russischer Hilfe zum US-Präsidenten gewählt. Dafür gibt es inzwischen genug Indizien. Wichtig ist es nun, daraus Lehren zu ziehen.
https://www.heise.de/hintergrund/Missing-Link-Wie-Russen-einmal-erfolgreich-Cyberwar-fuehrten-4198408.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege
