Arm chair journalism, parasite reporters and editorial scams

Arm chair journalists, parasite reporters and editorial scams: Editors go to a great deal of effort to deceive and hustle profits

By Brenda Norrell
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com/
As if censorship wasn't enough, there's a pervasive trend in the news, called "arm chair journalism." That's news that comes from reporters sitting in their chairs and making a phone or call or two, then writing news stories as if they were present. It happens because editors and publishers don't want to pay the expenses of reporters to go out on news stories. (In some cases, the reporters are lazy.) So, what you have, and what you are reading much of the time, is an article based on a phone call or two. Read more ...
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