Is Irresponsible Journalism Clashing with Press Freedom?

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http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest+News/Asia/Story/A1Story20101227-254977.html"

Since it isn't 1st April, I don't really think the article is a joke. You would think that the press would be more regulated than this. This might be an extreme example, but I think there are certainly more cases of irresponsible journalism.

So the topic for discussion is this: where does irresponsible journalism clash with the freedom of the press, and how does this add up with your own ideals in your country?
 
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That's the main reason we only allow mainstream well known (credible) news reports as a source. Pravda is not a mainstream (credible) source.
 
It's been a long time since I've seen the movie, but isn't that the transcript of a news report from "Independence Day"?
 
Oerg said:
http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest+News/Asia/Story/A1Story20101227-254977.html"
Can't wait.
 
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Evo said:
That's the main reason we only allow mainstream well known (credible) news reports as a source. Pravda is not a mainstream (credible) source.
Neither is Fox "News" but I bet you'd allow that? :-p
 
Calrik said:
Neither is Fox "News" but I bet you'd allow that? :-p
Yes, but we also allow the Huffington Post blog, the biases of both of these are well known enough so that together we get both sides of the same coin.
 
Evo said:
That's the main reason we only allow mainstream well known (credible) news reports as a source. Pravda is not a mainstream (credible) source.
How am I going to break this to my Russian acquaintances? :rolleyes:
 
Borg said:
How am I going to break this to my Russian acquaintances? :rolleyes:
After repeated crackpot news posted in Pravda, we stopped accepting it several years ago.
 
Hmmm... when is Transformers 3 coming out again?
 
Evo said:
After repeated crackpot news posted in Pravda, we stopped accepting it several years ago.
Just having some fun Evo. I'm actually looking forward to breaking the news to them. :wink:
 
Borg said:
Just having some fun Evo. I'm actually looking forward to breaking the news to them. :wink:
:-p
 
Calrik said:
Neither is Fox "News" but I bet you'd allow that? :-p

I understand that "Pravda" is Russian for "fair and balanced."

Zing!

To be fair, the article is from "Asia one" news, which is posting an article from the Korea Herald, which said that Pravda said that SETI said something about alien spaceships. From this link we can't be sure that Pravda was giving it any credibility, or just mentioning something that those "whacky Americans in Alaska" are saying.
 
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Evo said:
Yes, but we also allow the Huffington Post blog, the biases of both of these are well known enough so that together we get both sides of the same coin.
Quite. :smile:

ETA: I think I want to marry your avatar is that wrong? :wink:

Pravda may not be balanced but it is hellafunny.
 
Calrik said:
Quite. :smile:

ETA: I think I want to marry your avatar is that wrong? :wink:

Pravda may not be balanced but it is hellafunny.
My avatar is available, but I require a large bride price for her.
 
Calrik said:
I think I want to marry your avatar is that wrong? :wink:

Evo said:
My avatar is available, but I require a large bride price for her.

Hope you like onions.

And little mirrors.
 
Evo said:
My avatar is available, but I require a large bride price for her.

1000 bars of chocolate? Or 100 e dollars?

Take your pick. :D
 
Pengwuino said:
Hmmm... when is Transformers 3 coming out again?

July 1, 2011.

The original article at Pravda does look paralleled with the trailer. Even mentions a conspiracy about the moon, which is all the trailer is about.
Silly Pravda said:
Dr. Ken Johnston, former Manager of the Data and Photo Control Department at NASA's Lunar Receiving Laboratory, said that US astronauts had found and photographed ancient ruins of artificial origin on the Moon. Supposedly, US astronauts had seen large unknown mechanisms on the Moon. The data were classified by the US government.
-Which is just about right. Looks like a viral marketing campaign. A lite one.

EDIT: I'm finding this story all over the Net right now.

Heh, Ken Johnston is the name of the original creator of the V series.
 
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