So in other words they are capitulating to fascists, when the responsible thing to do would be to report that ICE is claiming this isna suicide, not that it is a suicide. Sounds like shitty journalism.
Well, it’s a shitty situation in a shitty country, that much is certain.
But there’s also a cost/benefit analysis to do here. They have to weigh the likelihood that Trump starts making their job harder, or even impossible to do vs the cost presented by the lack of clarity and possible loss of integrity that reporting like this introduces. Ultimately, they must have decided that it was better to do politically compromised reporting that let the story go unreported.
I mean it’s not a good situation for journalists in this country, I don’t envy them.
So in other words they are capitulating to fascists, when the responsible thing to do would be to report that ICE is claiming this isna suicide, not that it is a suicide. Sounds like shitty journalism.
Well, it’s a shitty situation in a shitty country, that much is certain.
But there’s also a cost/benefit analysis to do here. They have to weigh the likelihood that Trump starts making their job harder, or even impossible to do vs the cost presented by the lack of clarity and possible loss of integrity that reporting like this introduces. Ultimately, they must have decided that it was better to do politically compromised reporting that let the story go unreported.
I mean it’s not a good situation for journalists in this country, I don’t envy them.
Maybe you’re right, but I sincerely doubt that they couldn’t have reported this more accurately without putting themselves at risk.