Tag: single-sourced

Mosaics (12th century). Mosaics in the nave. Circa 1100-50. Mosaic Basilica di San Marco, Venice. Downloaded with express permission from the Web Gallery of Art at http://www.wga.hu from site admin Emil Kren, Ph.D.. Many thanks.

Bible Week campaign. Written  by  Student #2.  Unedited by blog admin

        Quote “On the front page of the January 14 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer was a story with the headline “Former drug addicts now high on God.”

      Quote “This article has the trappings of a press release turned into news, given that it heavily relied on a single source and was printed – just in time – for the National Bible Week. This is in violation of Article II of the Code of Professional and Ethical Conduct of the Philippine Press Institute which says that “Individual journalists must weigh their obligations against the impact of: Involvement in particular activities, affiliation with causes or organizations, acceptance of favors or preferential treatment, financial investment, outside employment and friendships.”

          Quote “Of course, articles that tackle similar issues such as religion and stories that involve the youth should be given column space, but the front page is never a place for press releases disguised as news articles.” Closed-quote

      (From blog admin: who was the source for the news story?)

          Le Brun, Charles. French painter (b. 1619, Paris, d. 1690, Paris). Allegory: Sculpture Working on the King’s Bust. Chalk drawing, 106 x 116 cm. Musée du Louvre, Paris. Downloaded with express permission from the Web Gallery of Art at http://www.wga.hu from site admin Emil Kren, Ph.D.. Many thanks.

        Single-sourced. Written by cool Student #10   

      Quote “Sometimes, news articles tend to be one-sided, only relying on a single source of information without even getting the other comment of the others involved in the story. One example: “QC court junks ABS-CBN’s P63 million damage suit vs. AGB Nielsen,” published on the Philippine Star last January 8, 2008 (Tuesday). In that story, the Quezon City RTC Branch 80 dismissed the multi million civil complaint filed by television giant ABS-CBN against the said global ratings firm because it had been “prematurely filed.”

                  Quote “However, reporter Reinir Padua wrote only the statements said by AGB’s lawyer. Throughout the whole story, it’s obvious that there’s no effort from the reporter to seek comment from the case’s other party, ABS-CBN. All you can read there are the lawyer’s explanation and happiness over the court’s decision favoring his client. The story is not balanced. The journalist’s code of ethics prohibits writing single-sourced stories. In this case, he violated the provision obliging journalists to recognize their duty to air the other side of the story. Jan 11, 9:26 AM —“ closed-quote.