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In an article in the New York Times, reporter Ben Smith questions the reliability of some reporting done by Ronan Farrow, a celebrity journalist who has gained fame for his series of reports against Harvey Weinstein, among others. In particular, Smith says Farrow delivers narratives that are irresistibly cinematic — with unmistakable heroes and villains — and often omits the complicating facts and inconvenient details that may make them less dramatic. At times, he does not always follow the typical journalistic imperatives of corroboration and rigorous disclosure, or he suggests conspiracies that are tantalizing but he cannot prove. In particular, Smith writes that Farrow's reporting reveals the weakness of a kind of resistance journalism that has thrived in the age of Donald Trump: That if reporters swim ably along with the tides of social media and produce damaging reporting about public figures most disliked by the loudest voices, the old rules of fairness and open-mindedness can seem more like impediments than essential journalistic imperatives. The risk that complacent reporting against those "most disliked by the loudest voices" poses to minor-attracted people is obvious, and not new in our experience. The complete article is here: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/17/business/media/ronan-farrow.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage. [@nonymouse] [Guardster] [Proxify] [Anonymisierungsdienst] |