Some Media Tidbits
1) The CanWest story about how a program is helping war wounded deal with their newest challenges is a good one. That said, am I the only one thinking that one editor, in choosing a headline for the same article in another chain outlet (PDF of article), may have been a bit indelicate in choosing a headline (especially when the lead paragraph is about an amputee who lost a leg in an explosion)?
Reuters and Agence France-Presse produce follow-up stories based on said interview (with Al Jazeera picking up a snippet, too).
How much of the interview ended up in the follow-up stories? In the best case, 56 words - from the last answer of the interview. That's 2 per cent.
Keep that in mind when you're reading any stories where they use interviews on other media outlets as sources of information.
A bit more here and here.
New program gives wounded Afghan vets a leg up2) Canada's Task Force Afghanistan commander BGEN Jonathan Vance spends 20 minutes speaking to CBC Radio (.mp3) about the mission - about 2,900 words of conversation between host and guest, according to the transcript (PDF).
Reuters and Agence France-Presse produce follow-up stories based on said interview (with Al Jazeera picking up a snippet, too).
How much of the interview ended up in the follow-up stories? In the best case, 56 words - from the last answer of the interview. That's 2 per cent.
Keep that in mind when you're reading any stories where they use interviews on other media outlets as sources of information.
A bit more here and here.
posted by milnews.ca at 1:59 p.m.
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