Did John Alexander or The Home Reporter Have a Responsibility to Fact Check?
Today, journalist Meaghan McGoldrick published an article in The Brooklyn Eagle about $12 Million Dollars which was promised during election time. Go here to read the article. It’s a DOOZY and worth your time if you are interested in local politics.
McGoldrick didn’t mention that the Brooklyn Eagle’s sister paper, The Brooklyn Reporter was how the public was told about this money. CNG owns both The Reporter and the Eagle. John Alexander at the Home Reporter wrote the article about Marty Golden and the money for the parks before the election last year. (See here)
Did John Alexander have a responsibility to check on the accuracy of the politician’s statements before printing it in the paper?
How about The Home Reporter’s editor….Did Helen Klein have a responsibility to check the articles from politicians before an election? Wait. Helen Klein may not have been the editor because there was an announcement around that time that Chuck Otey was the Executive Editor of Home Reporter paper and Paula Katinas was promoted to the executive editor of The Spectator newspaper right before that article came out.
Any politician could say anything before an election, so a reporter MUST have to do some research and check on the credibility of a statement. The community relied on the reporters for the news….and this is a big disappointment to everyone.
Hugs,
marlene
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