Comments on: Planète Vautours http://www.isabellegaumont.com/blog/planete-vautours/ Sat, 19 May 2012 05:14:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: David Acer http://www.isabellegaumont.com/blog/planete-vautours/#comment-1447 David Acer Wed, 06 May 2009 18:17:32 +0000 http://www.isabellegaumont.com/blog/?p=278#comment-1447 I'm with you. Maybe I have rosy view the past, but it seems to me that, at one time, if you wanted to be a journalist (regardless of the medium), you had to get a corresponding education. And not only were you trained in the craft, but you were imbued with a moral code that would guide you through the temptation of spin, speculation and fabrication. These days, in addition to (or maybe as a result of) an absence of training (unless six weeks on a reality TV show counts), there's a dearth of ethics, with the new goal being to sensationalize every statement, half-truth or rumour about anyone who gets in your line of sight. I saw the interview with the above-mentioned celebrity, and the "entertainment news" program's disection thereof. She didn't say anything that fit with their pre-planned use for her, so they found a way to disregard what she said and make what she didn't say provocative using a so-called expert who is as qualified to ascribe motivation for this person's body language as I am to teach nuclear physics. It may not be illegal, but it's definitely unethical. Luckily for the show in question, and unfortunately for society as a whole, no one seems to care. I’m with you. Maybe I have rosy view the past, but it seems to me that, at one time, if you wanted to be a journalist (regardless of the medium), you had to get a corresponding education. And not only were you trained in the craft, but you were imbued with a moral code that would guide you through the temptation of spin, speculation and fabrication.

These days, in addition to (or maybe as a result of) an absence of training (unless six weeks on a reality TV show counts), there’s a dearth of ethics, with the new goal being to sensationalize every statement, half-truth or rumour about anyone who gets in your line of sight.

I saw the interview with the above-mentioned celebrity, and the “entertainment news” program’s disection thereof. She didn’t say anything that fit with their pre-planned use for her, so they found a way to disregard what she said and make what she didn’t say provocative using a so-called expert who is as qualified to ascribe motivation for this person’s body language as I am to teach nuclear physics. It may not be illegal, but it’s definitely unethical. Luckily for the show in question, and unfortunately for society as a whole, no one seems to care.

]]> By: Isabelle Gaumont http://www.isabellegaumont.com/blog/planete-vautours/#comment-1120 Isabelle Gaumont Sat, 25 Apr 2009 14:10:48 +0000 http://www.isabellegaumont.com/blog/?p=278#comment-1120 @Nicolas C'est le gars qui a installé mon blogue qui m'a dit de faire ça. La prochaine fois qu'on se croisera, tu m'expliqueras :-) @Nicolas C’est le gars qui a installé mon blogue qui m’a dit de faire ça. La prochaine fois qu’on se croisera, tu m’expliqueras :-)

]]> By: Nicolas Ritoux http://www.isabellegaumont.com/blog/planete-vautours/#comment-1119 Nicolas Ritoux Sat, 25 Apr 2009 14:02:43 +0000 http://www.isabellegaumont.com/blog/?p=278#comment-1119 Cool ton blogue, je l'avais pas encore vu. Merci Twitter. Pourquoi tu mets une notice de copyright en bas? C'est pas très blogue de faire ça. Licencie-toi plutôt en Creative Commons BY: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ca/deed.fr_CA Cool ton blogue, je l’avais pas encore vu. Merci Twitter.

Pourquoi tu mets une notice de copyright en bas? C’est pas très blogue de faire ça. Licencie-toi plutôt en Creative Commons BY:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ca/deed.fr_CA

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