Station responds after reporting on girl who quit college because of Linux
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I have to side with the reporter here. From the comments it looks like they're getting a lot of digg and reddit traffic (hell of a lot). It serves as a strong reminder of why I left those sites a long time ago.
"Taking sides" and "inadequate research" is how news outlets typically work. Moreover, it's pretty much the only possible outcome of "change the world journalism", the dominant form these days.
In short, the news outlet did its job and it's typical journalism.
Of course, maybe they know what they're talking about on subjects that you don't know.
You must be from the US. That is not good journalism and not what standard journalistic practice mandates. Sadly poor research in the media does seem to be predominant in the US media.
The news outlet did not do its job unless its job was solely to rile up its local readership. Perhaps they do consider that their job - it's a common issue with local news outlets - but that's not how journalism is supposed to operate.
Of course, maybe they know what they're talking about on subjects that you don't know.
Maybe they do, but if they're not honest about what they do and do not know, then you have no basis on which to trust anything they say.