How fake news hurts reporter/editor relationship in newsrooms
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By Ephraims Sheyin
It used to be so easy. A reporter brings a story and the excited editor goes through it and simply publishes it, confident that the claims are correct.
Very often, impressed editors offered some morale-boosting rewards – Lunch. Dinner. Cash. And even more. Trust was mutual.
Not anymore. With the prevalence of fake news, most editors, also known as gatekeepers, no longer trust the frontline soldiers and would use every available binocular to search for the truth.
Analysts have said that it is difficult to blame the editors for being more careful, considering the many cases of gaffes, brazen lies, fake news and wrong information out there.
How fake news hurts editorial relationships in newsrooms
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Published 13 March 2021
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