I have never considered that the news i hear, watch or read may be fictitious, because if it is in the newspaper, than you automatically think that because it has already gone through editing, it must be true. Also, you would not think that someone would make up certain lies that could eventually harm their job or hurt anyone else for that matter.
I was shocked and baffled when i read these two articles, because they are not only hurting a certain person, they are hurting themselves. I was surprised to find out that professional journalists have fabricated news, because you would assume that in order for them to have been hired to be a journalist, they must have had some sort of training in not lying and publishing news that is worthy and reliable.
I do not agree with Jack Shafer's assertion that, “most liars make things up for the simple reason that they don't have the talent or the ability to get the story any other way,” because if their employer felt that they did not have the talent or ability to be a journalist, than they would not have hired them. Also, sometimes people are pressed for time and have to make up a story in the nick of time to get it done, and not get in trouble with their boss. I do not think that it is always right to lie, but sometimes there may be a reason as to why they had to.
I do not think that colleges and universities should be doing a better job of graduating journalism students who can handle the responsibility, because the students could be doing an excellent job in handling responsibility in university, but when they get into the real world, they become worried and nervous that they will not succeed.
I think that when issues of ethics arise that a newspaper ombudsman helps, because maybe they could prevent fictitious news from being published into the community, which would also keep people from being publicly humiliated.
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