To switch it up, this next article is from the Washington Post, written by Erik Wemple who often reports on news media. Basically, this article claims that Fox News gave wrong information under false pretenses to a man reporting on their company. Mathew Flamm thought he was corresponding with a member of the news team, getting inside information, instead he received false information. Even though it was only from one source, he ran the article anyway and none of the information checked out. Flamm was instantly discredited as a journalist.
Now it is thought that the executives at Fox News planted this information. While that is immoral, I believe its a great survival strategy, especially if they wanted to take out reporters from competitor news companies. In the end, its nothing but good business, even though a man's career was ruined. It may be sad, but Flamm definitely should have checked the information himself before running the story.
CONTENT:http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2013/10/23/book-fox-news-planted-false-information-to-discredit-reporter-stifle-bad-news/
PHOTO:http://www.sodahead.com/entertainment/fox-cancels-americas-most-wanted-good-idea-or-bad-idea/question-1801943/?link=ibaf&q=&esrc=s
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