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0 pointsastrodust9y ago0 comments

These days The Economist and Teen Vogue have more in common than most are prepared to admit.

It's disappointing that the only publications willing to tackle heavy issues are things like Vogue, The Rolling Stone and Vice Magazine. The rest seem content to sit back and take a more academic approach if they take one at all.

USA Today, like CNN, is utterly worthless.

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newswriter999y ago

Rolling Stone lost all credibility after publishing that fake rape story.

astrodustOP9y ago

One story, all credibility, huh? You must live in a world where nobody is credible.

The New York Times has suffered hits to its credibility, fake photographers, plagiarism and such, but that doesn't necessarily negate all the work done by their talented staff. There's still good work being done there despite those setbacks. It's a fallacy to instantly discount everything as without merit, putting it on the same level as Breitbart.

Like always you need to regard things with a critical eye.

baobrain9y ago

I would highly recommend checking out the Columbia school of journalism's analysis.[0]

While other publications have had lapses in journalistic integrity, rolling stones case is especially egregious. Along every step of the way, the writer and her editors violated the basics of journalistic integrity, like not fact checking and trusting one side.

[0]http://www.cjr.org/investigation/rolling_stone_investigation...

Chris20489y ago

> One story, all credibility, huh?

Yes. The "story" made specific criminal accusations.

> You must live in a world where nobody is credible.

Publications are held to a different standard.

> New York Times... but that doesn't necessarily negate all the work

It just means you can no longer trust the publication.

> putting it on the same level as Breitbart

Here we go. Tell me what's wrong with Breitbart?

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