Two stories – both from Roy Greenslade in recent days – that give cause to ponder the responsibility that the media bear.
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The first one is the old chestnut about the big lie splashed over the early pages followed by the retraction hidden under the Darts results.
Given the fuss earlier this year around academics in East Anglia and the way they were making their data available, it’s quite astonishing that the deliberately misleading way that journalists handle the same issue isn’t a bigger issue.
The second one – surely one that merits a great deal more coverage than it got – covers the moves by Icelandic authorities to acknowledge the upsides of strong guarantees and support for press freedom. These guarantees are being offered as a direct response to the perceived failure of journalists to challenge the political consensus prior to that nation’s bankruptcy last year.
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