American journalism increasingly prone to errors
According to the NZZ, American journalism is becoming increasingly prone to errors: 61 percent of local news and feature stories in newspapers are reportedly inaccurate.
As the NZZ reports, American journalism is increasingly prone to errors: 61 percent of reports on local news and features in newspapers are not accurate. This is according to a study by Scott R. Meier from the University of Oregon, which was published in "Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly". In the study, 4,800 articles from 14 newspapers were presented to the people and institutions named as the most important source in the respective article. The error rate has never been so high. Several similar research projects, which have been carried out at intervals of several years since the mid-1960s, have resulted in error rates of between 40 and 60 percent. According to the NZZ, the data collected allows a reliable trend statement to be made, which should also give journalists in Europe pause for thought. There is no data and no comparable study for Europe.
