\u201cMet social media ht ons nie meer koerante nodig ni (sic).\u201d Dit was maar net een van die vele kommentare wat die gedrukte en digitale media die week oorval het met beriggewing oor die vermiste sesjarige Joshlin Smith van Middelpos, Saldanha. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nog meer kommerwekkend was kommentaar dat \u2019n berig wat deur \u2019n nasionale digitale platform geplaas is, vals nuus is omdat dit nie deur \u2019n politikus op sy blad bevestig is nie. Die einste beweerde \u201cvals nuus\u201d is toe wel later op die politikus se blad bevestig.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n Weslander<\/span> het op sy beurt uit die staanspoor \u2019n neutrale standpunt ingeneem, veral toe \u2019n mengelmoes stemme, elk met hul eie teorie, hul mening op sosialemediaplatforms begin deel het \u2013 dit juis omdat dit die rol van die media is om geverifieerde, akkurate nuus met lesers te deel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Op daardie noot \u2013 ons ontken geensins dat ons soms foute maak nie, maar die media se foute word aan die groot klok gehang, en dit is nie noodwendig \u2019n negatiewe ding nie. Enige opgeleide joernalis weet wat die standaard is waaraan berig\u00adgewing moet voldoen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maar wees seker \u2013 alles wat enige geloofwaardige mediapublikasie publiseer, is vooraf met minstens drie verskillende bronne na aan die ondersoek of betrokke partye self bevestig. Dit is bronne met wie oor die jare heen verhoudinge opgebou is en wat enige geloofwaardige joernalis sal beskerm omdat hulle weens hedendaagse burokrasie nie meer op rekord met die media mag praat nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In die tyd van digitale media word dit al hoe moeiliker om altyd vir die amptelike polisieverklaring te wag. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Nietemin sal geen geloofwaardige mediahuis ooit doelbewus iets publiseer wat (1) nie deur feite gestaaf is nie \u2013 hetsy deur \u2019n uiters betroubare bron of iets op skrif \u2013 en (2) die kredietwaardigheid van hul publikasie in die gedrang sal bring nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Die kwessie is egter nie dat daar nie meer \u2019n behoefte aan koerante is nie, maar eerder of die behoefte aan geloofwaardige joernalistiek nog bestaan \u2013 \u2019n vraag wat Jan Alleman hom- en haarself moet afvra, maar die antwoord is een met morele en etiese implikasies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cMet social media ht ons nie meer koerante nodig 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