Eric Alterman Quotes

Journalists Usually Treat Anything As True If Someone In A Position Of Ostensible Authority Is Willing To Say It, Even Anonymously (and If No One Is Going To Sue Over It). The Accuracy Of Anyone's Statement, Particularly If That Person Is A Public Official, Is Often Deemed Irrelevant. If No Evidence Is Available For An Argument A Journalist Wishes To Include In A Story, Then Up Pop Weasel Words Such As "it Seems" Or "some Claim" To Enable Inclusion Of The Argument, No Matter How Shaky Its Foundation In Reality. What's More, Too Many Journalists Believe That Their Job Description Does Not Require Them To Adjudicate Between Competing Claims Of Truth. Sure, There Are "two Sides" - And Only Two Sides - To Every Story, According To The Rules Of Objectivity. But If Both Sides Wish To Deploy Lies And Other Forms Of Deliberate Deception For Their Own Purposes, Well, That's Somebody Else's Problem.

Eric Alterman Quotes: Journalists Usually Treat Anything As True If Someone In A Position Of Ostensible Authority Is Willing To Say It, Even

Eric Alterman Quotes: Journalists Usually Treat Anything As True If Someone In A Position Of Ostensible Authority Is Willing To Say It, Even

Eric Alterman Quotes: Journalists Usually Treat Anything As True If Someone In A Position Of Ostensible Authority Is Willing To Say It, Even

Eric Alterman Quotes: Journalists Usually Treat Anything As True If Someone In A Position Of Ostensible Authority Is Willing To Say It, Even

Eric Alterman Quotes: Journalists Usually Treat Anything As True If Someone In A Position Of Ostensible Authority Is Willing To Say It, Even

Eric Alterman Quotes: Journalists Usually Treat Anything As True If Someone In A Position Of Ostensible Authority Is Willing To Say It, Even

Eric Alterman Quotes: Journalists Usually Treat Anything As True If Someone In A Position Of Ostensible Authority Is Willing To Say It, Even

Eric Alterman Quotes: Journalists Usually Treat Anything As True If Someone In A Position Of Ostensible Authority Is Willing To Say It, Even

Eric Alterman Quotes: Journalists Usually Treat Anything As True If Someone In A Position Of Ostensible Authority Is Willing To Say It, Even

Eric Alterman Quotes: Journalists Usually Treat Anything As True If Someone In A Position Of Ostensible Authority Is Willing To Say It, Even

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