There was lots of coverage of the NYT announcement yesterday of a report containing suggestions to improve credibility. But this story from Wired News is much more interesting, since it contains a detailed analysis of problems with sources.
These types of anaylses need to happen more often. And the news media shouldn’t wait until a problem occurs to do this. Why not publish a monthly analysis of sources from a random selection stories? It would increase the visibility into the reporting behind the stories.
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