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Thoughts on Mark Cubans interview
Matthew Sauk, Photographer
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Doug Pizac, Photographer
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Sandy | UT | USA | Posted: 8:06 PM on 04.10.11 |
->> Two points were very close to right on with some publications -- the reporters twittering and rush to be first are turning themselves into word paparazzi, and instead of getting it right in a responsible manner with multiple sources the driving goal is now to create traffic and web page hits to increase profits which goes back to the first point.
Recently it was reported that USA Today is considering giving its reporters yearly bonuses based on the number of page views their stories generate to get them to start thinking digital and drive traffic. This poses a problem in that the easiest way to collect hits is sensationalism and celebrity gossip -- which goes back to Cuban's objections and points he made: journalism vs money/competition/traffic. |
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Matthew Sauk, Photographer
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Sandy | UT | United States | Posted: 8:13 PM on 04.10.11 |
->> Doug,
I am not a journalist, but the thing I hate most is all these bloggers that think they are journalists. They are not for the most part, in fact some see like me, a every day normal joe. The only difference is they don't work like most journalists.
They don't check facts or do research. They just report whatever with zero consequences unlike a real journalist.
Hope that makes sense :) |
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Matthew Jonas, Photo Editor, Photographer
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Evergreen | CO | USA | Posted: 11:24 PM on 04.10.11 |
| ->> I generally don't agree with things that Marc Cuban says but he makes some very valid points. I think from his point of view he probably tired of doing damage control for stories from bloggers with little to no fact to back up their claims. If it bleeds, it ledes is more true on the internet. He's right to basically say that it is bad journalism. I can understand that. There is too much of the quantity vs. quality going on in newsrooms these days. I have seen and experienced this firsthand when my editor tells me to send a camera phone picture from the scene of breaking news event just so it can be posted online first to beat the other publications. |
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Doug Pizac, Photographer
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Sandy | UT | USA | Posted: 11:53 PM on 04.10.11 |
->> Matthew...
Cuban's complaint isn't about just non-journalist bloggers. They don't have access anywhere near the team locker rooms. He's also concerned about media card carrying reporters who blog and tweet on the fly from the locker rooms in addition to doing their stories which are fact-checked, edited and scrutinized by editors.
A lawsuit has been recently filed by a NBA referee against AP and one of its sports writers not about what was written in a game story, but what the reporter said in a Tweet from his courtside work seat.
It's the bonafide writers who do drive-by Tweets that has riled Cuban. |
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