By Lindsay Barnes
The Hook
Published 11/1/2007
Excerpt:
Parker — or at least a woman in Staunton whose voice is on the
voicemail at a phone number listed for Blair Parker — did not return the
Hook's call for comment, and Fritz refused to elaborate beyond what he
had already written in an open letter to readers of the News Leader.
Six months before the release of Shattered Glass, America got
another dose of fake news when the New York Times revealed that its
reporter, Jayson Blair, had the same bad habit. But, according to Bob Steele, a
scholar at the Poynter Institute, it's more difficult than ever for reporters to
successfully make stories up as they go along.
"My sense is that there are many more checks and balances now," he
says. "Given the Internet, just about anybody can start comparing pieces and
information and find out if someone has plagiarized or potentially fabricated
information in a way that's inauthentic or inaccurate."
However, Steele emphasizes that cyberspace can be treacherous
territory in terms of finding the truth.
"Given the nature and the amount of information on the Internet,
it's important not to jump to conclusions," he says.
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