Clearing Up Trump Trial Misinformation

[Dill]

(06-12-2024, 04:48 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Yes, I directly quoted your "not Necessarily their job" statement.  Are you even reading my posts before responding to them?

Double sorry. this is just so off.  And digging your hole deeper.

My statement was that it is not necessarily a reporter's job to include a source's statement of methodology in an article using the source:

 "While it is their job to report data and cite sources, it is not necessarily their job to explain their sources' methods of collection." 

You did not "quote" that. You twisted it into this paraphrase: 

"As to your assertion that it's not the newspaper's job to address sources; first, I'd say that's a horrible standard for any journalist to practice" 

That's what I definitely did not say. My point was only that while reporters DO need to vet sources, they do not have to do that vetting in front of their readers in every article. So no reason why, in a short news article, that a reporter needs to detail a source's collection methodology.