Tom Scott recently blogged about the common use of media warnings to point out content that includes sex, violence or strong language. However, he didn’t feel that these warning went far enough and has made his own labels to point out other questionable content.
These stickers have been designed to point out “sloppy journalism” (Tom’s words, not ours) and include journalist faux pas such as not understanding the subject of an article, merely copying and pasting press releases and quoting statistics generated by PR agencies. Tom has been sticking these stickers around London in free papers left on public transport – have you seen any of these lying around? Also, do you believe that journalists working with PR agencies to get expert information or statistics to back up an angle is lazy or do we all love a good old survey, regardless of the source?
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