JOUR 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: National Enquirer, Margaret Wente, User-Generated Content

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Journalism and Communication
• Course: JOUR 1002
• Professor: Allan Thompson

Document Summary

Messengers news could be matter of survival. As modern press took shape, promise of truth part of marketing. The best and most certain intelligence (motto for one of the rst newspapers in england) New york world, created bureau of accuracy. Washington post principles, describe telling the truth as nearly as truth can be ascertained . Journalistic truth grows like stalactite in a cave. Classic defence of freedom of the press. Areopagitica echoed by rst amendment to us constitution. Cited centuries later in press freedom decisions. Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely . If we control books and words, then how do you control music . The powers of reason and conscience vs external authority. How do we know what is false since truth can take many forms. Actual malicious fake news site: denver guardian. Just not the truth, fake news with intent.