What might bean alternative explanation or understanding? 6. What evidence is presented and how was it tested or vetted? 5. Who or what are the sources and why should I believe them? 4. Is the information complete? If not, what's missing? 3. What kind of content am I encountering? 2. Ways of Skeptical Knowing―Six Essential Tools for Interpreting theNewsġ. In an age when the line between citizen and journalist is becoming increasingly unclear, Blur is a crucial guide for those who want to know what's true. How do we discern what is reliable? How do we determine which facts (or whose opinions) to trust? Blur provides a road map, or more specifically, reveals the craft that has been used in newsrooms by the very best journalists for getting at the truth. But seeking the truth remains the purpose of journalism―and the object for those who consume it. Yes, old authorities are being dismantled, new ones created, and the very nature of knowledge has changed. Amid the hand-wringing over the death of "true journalism" in the Internet Age―the din of bloggers, the echo chamber of Twitter, the predominance of Wikipedia―veteran journalists and media critics Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel have written a pragmatic, serious-minded guide to navigating the twenty-first century media terrain.
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