We tend to believe what we read in the newspaper, but every single time that I had first-hand knowledge of a story that appeared in one, the facts were always screwed up. Yet we still believe. (or used to, when people read those things)
Many years ago I heard a journalist (real newspaper reporter) for a large Texas newspaper say that he had covered many major news events and that the Time magazine reporters never got the same story that the other journalists got.TV news has gotten to be a bad joke. Maybe that’s why they laugh and giggle so much.
Yeah, wish the word “poisoned” had been higher up. Would’ve saved me some time, as I’d have stopped right there. I found an article that described the symptoms of marijuana “poisoning”; “Symptoms of marijuana poisoning in children include sleepiness and balance problems while walking.” If the parent doesn’t know that the child got into the weed, that could be terrifying, but otherwise, no biggie.
I remember giving an interview to the local paper once where I pointed out that it was a lot cheaper to ride the bus to work every day instead of having a car and paying for downtown parking every day. They screwed up the quote so bad that it didn’t make any sense, when I told someone what I actually said after he asked me about the quote he said, “Now that makes sense, how could they misquote you on something so simple?”
Having been personally interviewed in the past, only to find what I said was edited so much a viewer would have difficulty understanding what I said, much less what I meant; the last time I was asked for a comment I refused unless I was permitted to approve the piece before it aired!
This guy could have worked for our local papers. My favourite (?) frustration with them was their running a story down to the end of a column and ending it mid-sentence.
Ginrummy33 over 8 years ago
We tend to believe what we read in the newspaper, but every single time that I had first-hand knowledge of a story that appeared in one, the facts were always screwed up. Yet we still believe. (or used to, when people read those things)
Old Texan75 over 8 years ago
Many years ago I heard a journalist (real newspaper reporter) for a large Texas newspaper say that he had covered many major news events and that the Time magazine reporters never got the same story that the other journalists got.TV news has gotten to be a bad joke. Maybe that’s why they laugh and giggle so much.
Cerabooge over 8 years ago
Yeah, wish the word “poisoned” had been higher up. Would’ve saved me some time, as I’d have stopped right there. I found an article that described the symptoms of marijuana “poisoning”; “Symptoms of marijuana poisoning in children include sleepiness and balance problems while walking.” If the parent doesn’t know that the child got into the weed, that could be terrifying, but otherwise, no biggie.
patlaborvi over 8 years ago
I remember giving an interview to the local paper once where I pointed out that it was a lot cheaper to ride the bus to work every day instead of having a car and paying for downtown parking every day. They screwed up the quote so bad that it didn’t make any sense, when I told someone what I actually said after he asked me about the quote he said, “Now that makes sense, how could they misquote you on something so simple?”
jppjr over 8 years ago
Send him to Washington to write bills for Congress….they’ll pass ’em without reading them.
neverenoughgold over 8 years ago
Having been personally interviewed in the past, only to find what I said was edited so much a viewer would have difficulty understanding what I said, much less what I meant; the last time I was asked for a comment I refused unless I was permitted to approve the piece before it aired!
I don’t get asked anymore…
wiatr over 8 years ago
This guy could have worked for our local papers. My favourite (?) frustration with them was their running a story down to the end of a column and ending it mid-sentence.