I'm curious, as I know most of you are news readers, and makers

Do you care WHERE your news came from when you read it? Like if I post a news story that's just a copy/paste from another news source, does it matter to Joe Reader?

There was a time when litigation ensued if something like that happened, but obviously that's out the window these days. So I'm torn between old standards, and new complacency....Because I gotta tell ya, it's a lot easier to just copy and paste......

If you could better describe the nature of the bee in your bonnet, I could better answer your question.

Yes, I care about the source of the news. A journalist should do a reasonable degree of due diligence to verify the facts before reporting.

But GHT isn't a news source, nor are we journalists.

A modicum of investigation is always appreciated. Less is expected when you are running a two or three sentence radio headline than when you are publishing a 500 or 1000 word print article.

Unfortunately, investigation, corroboration, and verification of factual assertions made by persons quoted, all seem to be non-existent these days. 'So-and-so said this...' is gossip, nothing more.

I guess it's more of a broad sourcing, I don't ever say "TDW reports..." in a news story... I don't do this because I don't ever read it, and I don't use it as a news source.

But If I read a Seattle Times article about a local business and, rather than contact that local business and write my own article, I just read it, summarized it, then reported it and said "the seattle times reports..." would you care?

I'm beginning to wonder if FOX News has made it's mark on news readers, and if no one truly cares anymore.



I will never be a journalist, not because I cannot, but because there's not much future in it when Joe Reader doesn't care if I wrote my article, or if the local newspaper wrote it.

Also what's a GHT?

This message board: GraysHarborTalk

Btw, most of time your brief ad lib comments during your reporting are pretty humorous.




I think you should strive for excellence in whatever moral and legal enterprise you undertake. I'd rather know that you have taken the time and effort to contact the local business and some of those it impacts, and have written your own article, accurately. If I want a Seattle take on it, I'll read the Seattle Times or listen to their reporting.

Ohh hahaha ok, I thought it was a reference to the Grays Harbor Transit story I was running and it confused me. I always take the so-and-so-said stuff to the source, even those sources that don't want to talk to media.

Also thank you, I do try to strive for excellence when I can tell what that goal is. It seems like budgeting, downsizing, and "the economy" are contributing to a watered-down-norm. I came into the "news game" pretty late so I really wasn't sure which is better.

I just know if I worked in computers again and someone told me not to bother fixing something because you could just jiggle the handle, I'd wonder which is the more promising career path; fixing things, or jiggling the handle.

Yes, I think that many people are just really, really exhausted in general, which has led to apathy/dumbing down, a watered down norm...whatever you want to label it.

Most of reported news is not that great or uplifting...I think people just skim it because it's the same old, same old...and out of habit, not for information that they can really utilize.

Unless you read something like Entreprenuer Magazine and certain Christian publications, most people believe the whole world is about to collapse into a black hole.



Find your passion and pursue it.
News reporting doesn't seem to be yours.
Life's short.
Don't spend it just going through the motions.
You'll regret it.

I see your point, I enjoy news and having a passion for employment is what I can afford at the moment. Putting a wife through college and three kids through school is not conducive to exploration at my age.

Yes, if I see something interesting, I usually read it, and then if I am still interested, try to find a different source and see if it says basically the same story. If it doesn't, keep looking. It is amazing how many times the reported "news" is wrong.

If I want to share something here, it is copy and paste, with a link, unless I know something beyond the reported story.

Gotcha! Best wishes!