I think the point is, as others have said, that if we know in our area of interest that the reporting is factually wrong, or just plain made-up due to lack of specialist knowledge, ignorance or to serve an end what are the chances that the press take this cavalier approach to all their stories – including the really big and important stuff?
When I was in the mob doing int stuff I would get the unclass brief from Centcom and do a compare and contrast with the ‘quality’ newspapers – you’d think they were reporting on two different wars – and one of them was Vietnam II. Before anyone suggests Centcom were pushing out propaganda they weren’t, just reporting the facts as they were known and issuing updates and corrections where necessary – something the journos seem unable to do without court orders
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