Female bomber kills 54 in Baghdad
The story was written by Juhi Bushra, from THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Story from the Edmonton Sun website, found via Twitter.
This was published February 1st, 2010.
Link to the story: Click here.
The story says that a police official said 54 people total were killed, including 18 women and 12 children, and that 117 were wounded. When typed into Google search, using the headline as the key words, multiple results from msnbc.com, canoe.com, times.com, yahoo.com and many more reputable sites came up, all verifying the exact same numbers used by Bushra in THE ASSOCIATED PRESS story.
Facts taken from quotes within the story were properly attributed, and the one source used for this story, Maj. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi is in fact spelt correctly, when the name is typed into Google search, many results containg the exact same spelling and title of this character come up, confirming his status, person and spelling of his name.
The locations, dates and times used within the story all check out when fact-checked using Google search. There appear to be no spelling errors, lack of quote attributions, or any kind of other error. There are no URL's within the story to speak of.
Accuracy is integral to journalism. An innaccurate story that provides innaccurate facts, and misleads the reader, will cause overall confusion among people who read the same article, when compared to an article that is accurate. Accuracy is necessary to deliver information correctly and to allow people reading it to understand it accurately, as well. With so much junk out there in the wireless realm, as well as the un-wired one, accuracy is key not only for good journalism, but is key for maintaining a cohesive and concise article that will be effectively understood by the masses that read it. In this case, the story appears to be accurate, giving a quick run-down of what happened, uses a reputable source when attributing quotes and information, and is, overall, an example of good journalism.
The story was written by Juhi Bushra, from THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Story from the Edmonton Sun website, found via Twitter.
This was published February 1st, 2010.
Link to the story: Click here.
The story says that a police official said 54 people total were killed, including 18 women and 12 children, and that 117 were wounded. When typed into Google search, using the headline as the key words, multiple results from msnbc.com, canoe.com, times.com, yahoo.com and many more reputable sites came up, all verifying the exact same numbers used by Bushra in THE ASSOCIATED PRESS story.
Facts taken from quotes within the story were properly attributed, and the one source used for this story, Maj. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi is in fact spelt correctly, when the name is typed into Google search, many results containg the exact same spelling and title of this character come up, confirming his status, person and spelling of his name.
The locations, dates and times used within the story all check out when fact-checked using Google search. There appear to be no spelling errors, lack of quote attributions, or any kind of other error. There are no URL's within the story to speak of.
Accuracy is integral to journalism. An innaccurate story that provides innaccurate facts, and misleads the reader, will cause overall confusion among people who read the same article, when compared to an article that is accurate. Accuracy is necessary to deliver information correctly and to allow people reading it to understand it accurately, as well. With so much junk out there in the wireless realm, as well as the un-wired one, accuracy is key not only for good journalism, but is key for maintaining a cohesive and concise article that will be effectively understood by the masses that read it. In this case, the story appears to be accurate, giving a quick run-down of what happened, uses a reputable source when attributing quotes and information, and is, overall, an example of good journalism.
Note: Image taken from http://islamizationwatch.blogspot.com/2009/12/report-al-qaida-kills-eight-times-more.html. According to the story, the woman in the picture is very similiar to what the suicide-bomber would have looked like, with the bombs hidden underneath the cloak.
There's a sentence you have that's really long and riddled with commas. Let's hope you don't mind me helping the flow.
ReplyDeleteYour sentence:
"An innaccurate story that provides innaccurate facts, and misleads the reader, will cause overall confusion among people who read the same article, when compared to an article that is accurate."
My suggestion:
An inaccurate story providing inaccurate facts misleads the reader causing confusion- especially if they read the same story written accurately.
Hope that helps.