Except how many of them actually use the net to reach out? Give me 5 minutes and I could chat with a Hong Kong protester or someone in Tehran. Give CNN five minutes, they steal props out of CarrotTop's bag.
I think a lot of them use it to maintain a network, both of people they've been personally acquainted with, and with various professionals, and with people referred to them by the above. I could chat with someone telling me they're a Hong Kong protestor in 5 minutes too, but I wouldn't be able to ascertain quickly if that's who they really were, because I haven't maintained a personal network that I can reach out to for quick, reliable referrals.
CNN, like MSNBC, is not even trying to do real journalism.
Except how many of them actually use the net to reach out? Give me 5 minutes and I could chat with a Hong Kong protester or someone in Tehran. Give CNN five minutes, they steal props out of CarrotTop's bag.
But but! I saw Kurds getting slaughtered at a Kentucky gun range!
I think a lot of them use it to maintain a network, both of people they've been personally acquainted with, and with various professionals, and with people referred to them by the above. I could chat with someone telling me they're a Hong Kong protestor in 5 minutes too, but I wouldn't be able to ascertain quickly if that's who they really were, because I haven't maintained a personal network that I can reach out to for quick, reliable referrals.
CNN, like MSNBC, is not even trying to do real journalism.