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Generalisations

To: Alan Gillanders <>
Subject: Generalisations
From: Russell Woodford <>
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 11:49:50 +1100
Newsflash!  Television news editor makes mistake!

Like most of us, on some days I make the occasional mistake. But on every other day I make PLENTY of them!

Not too many people find out about my errors (unless I make them on birding-aus). When a journalist, editor, newsreader, copywriter makes an error in a story, thousands of people know about it immediately. OK - so their job is to report the truth and to report accurately - but I ask: Have you never made a mistake at work?

I don't have a problem with people mentioning errors in the media (I quite like Media Watch myself!) but I don't think we should ridicule journos for an occasional slip. It is probably a lot more productive to congratulate them for doing the hard yards and getting stories out to the public quickly, or investigating complex issues and explaining them in a way that makes sense.




Russell Woodford
Birding-Aus List Owner

Geelong   Victoria   Australia
http://www.birding-aus.org



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