Saturday, June 13, 2009

Babes In The Media

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3 comments:

Berthia Nickson said...

I am in total agreement with you Jacques. If one should pick up a local newspaper and scan through, one would notice that many of the articles are rife with grammatical, spelling and semantic errors. I too study abroad, and must depend on the very convenient Internet to keep abreast with what is happening at home, but I am often embarrassed by the standard of some of the ‘news’ reports. One wonders: are these people just trying their hand at this? Where are the editors?
Reading a paper, watching or listening to broadcasts, all the errors are distracting; this takes away from the severity of the message. It is time that we cease to revel in mediocrity, there is a whole world out there, filled with people watching, reading and listening - we do not exist in a bubble. It is one’s personal responsibility to be the best one can be in whatever career chosen. Even if you just ‘fell into it’, at the end of the day you should be able to look back proudly and say that you were great and that you did your best. You chose journalism as a career you should aim to be a professional. Let us not miss the issue that there is room for growth, improvement and more professionalism- it is not personal.

June 15, 2009 at 7:04 PM
Stan Bishop said...

Well said, Berthia.

June 16, 2009 at 8:57 AM
C said...

I too share these sentiments and recommend you take any news item in the local papers (no exception)and observe the lack of straight reporting of facts. You'll notice the absence of adequate research, editorialization, and a load of prejudicial views expressed. The apparent new tendency is for these so-called "journalists" to attempt to defend each other by hauling insults at the person who dare to criticise their mediority. Training may help.

June 16, 2009 at 2:18 PM

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