“Journalism ceases to exist when it requires lying”
The omission of not just pertinent but vital facts = just making things up: Ask CNN.
An editor I knew years ago used to reprimand young reporters for using the word “could” as a basis for news stories.
“A bomb ‘could’ fall on Calgary. It hasn’t, there’s no sign it will, and if or when it does, we’ll report the news,” was his well-honed refrain.
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