http://theliminghouse.org/2008/02/23/tt-needs-better-reporters/ "we brandish words like rapiers" Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:52:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://theliminghouse.org/2008/02/23/tt-needs-better-reporters/comment-page-1/#comment-673 The Liming House » Says who? (or, why bylines matter) Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:16:35 +0000 http://theliminghouse.org/2008/02/23/tt-needs-better-reporters/#comment-673 [...] length about their lack of a systematic corrections policy, and the superficiality of much of our reporting; today’s bugbear is their casual approach to [...] [...] length about their lack of a systematic corrections policy, and the superficiality of much of our reporting; today’s bugbear is their casual approach to [...]

]]> http://theliminghouse.org/2008/02/23/tt-needs-better-reporters/comment-page-1/#comment-641 Phil Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:57:58 +0000 http://theliminghouse.org/2008/02/23/tt-needs-better-reporters/#comment-641 Without wishing to further any air of despondency, I would just like to point out that in the BBC, that institution seen as a paragon of journalistic skill and integrity, over-worked and under-skilled journos get basic things wrong on a regular basis. As every, people tend to fall down on basic numerical 'explanatory' skills (eg. 'x has increased by 100%' is not the same as ' x is 100% of what it was a year ago' and so many others i could bore you with...). But even the specialist business journalists get it wrong. For example, I worked on a programme the other day which gave three seperate figures during the course of the hour for the increase in profits of a major company. Sad to say, the problem isn't just in T&T... Without wishing to further any air of despondency, I would just like to point out that in the BBC, that institution seen as a paragon of journalistic skill and integrity, over-worked and under-skilled journos get basic things wrong on a regular basis. As every, people tend to fall down on basic numerical ‘explanatory’ skills (eg. ‘x has increased by 100%’ is not the same as ‘ x is 100% of what it was a year ago’ and so many others i could bore you with…). But even the specialist business journalists get it wrong. For example, I worked on a programme the other day which gave three seperate figures during the course of the hour for the increase in profits of a major company. Sad to say, the problem isn’t just in T&T…

]]> http://theliminghouse.org/2008/02/23/tt-needs-better-reporters/comment-page-1/#comment-1068 Phil Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:57:58 +0000 http://theliminghouse.org/2008/02/23/tt-needs-better-reporters/#comment-1068 Without wishing to further any air of despondency, I would just like to point out that in the BBC, that institution seen as a paragon of journalistic skill and integrity, over-worked and under-skilled journos get basic things wrong on a regular basis. As every, people tend to fall down on basic numerical 'explanatory' skills (eg. 'x has increased by 100%' is not the same as ' x is 100% of what it was a year ago' and so many others i could bore you with...). But even the specialist business journalists get it wrong. For example, I worked on a programme the other day which gave three seperate figures during the course of the hour for the increase in profits of a major company. Sad to say, the problem isn't just in TT... Without wishing to further any air of despondency, I would just like to point out that in the BBC, that institution seen as a paragon of journalistic skill and integrity, over-worked and under-skilled journos get basic things wrong on a regular basis. As every, people tend to fall down on basic numerical ‘explanatory’ skills (eg. ‘x has increased by 100%’ is not the same as ‘ x is 100% of what it was a year ago’ and so many others i could bore you with…). But even the specialist business journalists get it wrong. For example, I worked on a programme the other day which gave three seperate figures during the course of the hour for the increase in profits of a major company. Sad to say, the problem isn’t just in TT…

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