It's the new trend in journalism where you never try to determine facts, you just repeat what others say.
The boy, his family, his lawyer may all say he was choked by the cops, and the video may indicate that, but it's not the author's place to make that call. They'll just wait for the judge to rule that strangling little boys is actually perfectly fine.
No, it's not just with cops. This is a trend with all reporting. Political coverage often decends to "People on Twitter are saying this is bad." Anything that happens outside the US is covered as a statement from a government official or think tank.
Journalists have no confidence anymore. Every statement, fact, analysis, opinion, and conclusion has to be outsourced. You cover what people said rather than what happened. This is why every news article takes the same stance as the State Department and CIA. They're not investagating or gathering information themselves. They're having the government do it for them.
It's the new trend in journalism where you never try to determine facts, you just repeat what others say.
The boy, his family, his lawyer may all say he was choked by the cops, and the video may indicate that, but it's not the author's place to make that call. They'll just wait for the judge to rule that strangling little boys is actually perfectly fine.
If you don't think that's fucked up, you are wrong. Also, this only seems to crop up with cops, to the point where it's a meme.
No, it's not just with cops. This is a trend with all reporting. Political coverage often decends to "People on Twitter are saying this is bad." Anything that happens outside the US is covered as a statement from a government official or think tank.
Journalists have no confidence anymore. Every statement, fact, analysis, opinion, and conclusion has to be outsourced. You cover what people said rather than what happened. This is why every news article takes the same stance as the State Department and CIA. They're not investagating or gathering information themselves. They're having the government do it for them.