http://www.newslab.org/2009/10/20/tvs-role-in-balloon-boy-story/ Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:48:47 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.newslab.org/2009/10/20/tvs-role-in-balloon-boy-story/comment-page-1/#comment-516 Bu Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:53:28 +0000 http://www.newslab.org/?p=1444#comment-516 This is the topic I was talking to my ethics class this afternoon, 10/20. In this media age, our class discussion comes to this question: why so many journalists refused to be skeptical? Anyone who has common sense should know it was quite skeptical for such a small balloon to hold a 50- or 60-pound boy. With enough cases and lessons journalists being used, it is time for them to learn to be as skeptical as anyone else and unlearn media hyping skills. This is the topic I was talking to my ethics class this afternoon, 10/20. In this media age, our class discussion comes to this question: why so many journalists refused to be skeptical? Anyone who has common sense should know it was quite skeptical for such a small balloon to hold a 50- or 60-pound boy. With enough cases and lessons journalists being used, it is time for them to learn to be as skeptical as anyone else and unlearn media hyping skills.

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