Citizen journalism might try to kill you

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Double edged sword

Citizen journalism almost sounds like a contradiction. One one hand, so many people nowadays carry a device that can at least take snapshots, but more are taking video. Real journalists can't get to where a story is very fast so it takes time for the story to break through official channels.

Take the earthquakes we've had recently around the world. CNN reported it a full hour after they happened because it needed to be verified, but when 200 people report an earthquake within a span of a few minutes, changes are there's an earthquake, or SOME kind of natural disaster in that area.

But then you have people that, as you said, try to be popular. They don't check their facts properly, or worse, they could set the whole thing up as a fake story. I wrote that it could have been someone trying to get the price of Apple down so that he could make a quick buck today. If that's the case, he succeeded.

So what's the solution? Can there be trusted people on the web that have a better reputation than others? I'm sure something will shake out soon, but CNN needs to be more careful with their iReport section now.

Posted by: istarman   Posted on: 10/03/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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