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Gainesville Sun gets it very, very wrong

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by dixiehack, Jan 25, 2008.

  1. Ira_Schoffel

    Ira_Schoffel Member

    Spot on.

    Had this same exact conversation with some colleagues today. Instead of emphasizing our strengths -- accuracy, credibility, ethics, news judgment, professional writing and editing, etc. -- so many papers have tried to beat the Web sites at their own game. It's an impossible task fraught with the kind of landmines that the Sun stumbled upon.
     
  2. dixiehack

    dixiehack Well-Known Member

    They aren't the same to you because college football isn't your sport. And that's fine, but don't mock college fans for being interested in the player procument process (which is what is happening in both cases.) The difference in the draft is that it is the teams spreading false info and putting up smoke screens. For examples, consult back issues of the Tennessean, which gets spun dizzy by the Titans front office every spring.
     
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