Reporting comments from other news sources should be seen today as “old school” journalism. This only amounts to providing free publicity for those other sources.
Journalism today must become a search for truth, with a commitment to report it wherever it is found. In fact, some seriously concerned people have recently told me they blame todays news media for creating more problems than they solve.
News organizations today still struggle to report both sides, They appear be creating more controversary to hold our attention. This has led to grooming journalists and TV anchors to become more entertaining, filing shorter news reports, and more and shorter ads, They have simply become fast talkers.
Picking up the pace appears to have become the formula for profit-making journalism, along with bringing entertainment stars alongside journalists who are now acting like stars themselves.
Finding truth and reporting it must become the focus of today’s journalism. Making news entertaining, and rationalizing it as a consequence of new technology, is not what todays information consumers need or want. When journalists find truth they must also have the courage to report it.