Will they Apologize? I think Jon Stewart has a point, MSNBC is actually becoming akin to Fox, and this proves it.
Update: They did apologize, somewhat. This is the link to their apology
Why does it take someone like Stewart to point out these mistakes, first Fox, then CNN, and now MSNBC. What can we trust anymore?
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5 comments:
I think the editing of the fake Sarah Palin pictures are malicious and inappropriate. And editing photo's to change their meaning or an event is unethical. However I also believe that Palin wanted more negative attention to increase her publicity, and these photos gave her what she wanted.
I wonder what the photo editors intentions and objectives were, as they spent time editing these photos?
Where did MSNBC somewhat apologize, is there a Youtube clip or article?
To retain credibility you have to act credibly. It is a sad reflection on journalist decision making. How can these news establishments expect to be respected when they continue to make decisions that tarnish their reputation. And whether or not Palin wanted negative publicity is really irrelevant. At some point the silver plate wears off and you can't shine up the silverware anymore.
I think Sara Palin is just too much of an easy target, to intelligent journalists and their affiliate stations.Although it is unethical and seems really unfair, that by editing these photos , and turning her into just a sexy ,insipid woman, she certainly is asking for it.She puts herself out there.By writing a book and doing countless interviews.She obviously did not want to fade to obscurity.
So it's all fair ,to expose her to what every other politician is a target for.Ridicule!
It's just amazing how many people are actually somehow mesmerized by her "star power" and there is a possibility she may be taken seriously.
MSNBC didn't Photoshop those pictures; they tracked them down on the internet, didn't verify or credit their sources. If they wanted to use them, they should have acknowledged they were Photoshopped. It was poor fact checking and maybe poor judgment (but as Valerie said, all politicians are subject to ridicule.)
As far as the apology goes, they took credit for the mistake and said they planned to fix it in the future. It was straight forward and in the same venue as the error was made. I thought it was as good as it gets as far as an apology goes. Really nothing more they could have done short of not doing it in the first place, in my opinion.
This seems to be one more example of the deleterious effect of the need for news stories 24 hours a day. They need new stories so badly that the folks at MSNBC can be a little over zealous and make stupid mistakes. The folks at MSNBC and Fox News just go back and forth becoming more sensationalistic and petty at every turn. I have to wonder when, or if, their viewers well ever get tired of the games.
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