Accuracy in Local Television News—Revisited: Are Things Any Different 25 Years Later? (original) (raw)

Educating tomorrow’s electronic media professionals., 2003

Abstract

News organizations strive for accuracy both as an ethical imperative and as an economic reality. Error-prone news organizations may lose both credibility and audience. Surprisingly few research projects, however, have addressed local television news accuracy. This project addressed that deficiency. One previous work, Singletary and Lipsky (1977), provided guidance for this project. The current work can and should be considered an update of that good, but dated, 1976 research project on accuracy in local television news. The results ...

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