Reader Warning: Perils of Journalism
2010-09-05 19:02:20 // The Operator
Tagged: news media, public relations
Must say I’m jealous of Tom Scott’s journalism warning labels – they may not be useful (it’d take a prohibitively great deal of time to vet the daily newspaper and apply stickers for an effective information campaign) but perhaps a few choice applications would remind readers to think critically while reading their morning paper…
For examples of lazy journalism, try searching up articles which reference “officials”, “experts”, and “representatives” at industry trade groups like the following:
- Advertising Research Foundation
- Marketing Research Association
- Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
- American Beverage Institute
- American Frozen Food Institute
- American Institute of Constructors
- American Iron and Steel Institute
- American Meat Institute
- American Petroleum Institute
- Community Associations Institute
- Edison Electric Institute
- Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries
- Investment Company Institute
- National Fisheries Institute
- Nuclear Energy Institute
- Pellet Fuels Institute
- Tobacco Institute
