Hum 176

Consequences of Mischief

Jean Banos

Humanities 176

1/30/11

Tonja Cox

The reporting media has such an important profession because they have the duty of reporting to the world the life events that occur around us and are significant to our everyday lives. This is why as chief editor of metropolitan daily newspaper I need to ensure that the information delivered to the public is relevantly genuine. Recently I have been informed that a reporter under my supervision was caught fabricating sources and making up facts, this type of behavior is inappropriate, and an investigation should be established to receive to the bottom of this issue. Furthermore, like any other mischief behavior consequences will be assessed to those involved. Subsequent to the investigation our public will receive a well deserved explanation and an apology for the misunderstanding. Even though justification is unpredictable, False Documentation is unacceptable because of the importance and dependence of daily news media.

Every type of media deliverance has the responsibility to deliver information to the public legitimately. In the case of my investigation there are certain scenarios that should be watched closely, for example being able to identify the primary source of liability for deliverance. The reason genuine deliverance is important is because people rely on the information we deliver to them to be authentic facts and information they can be able to trust. As a consequence of this action we are going to lose revenue and customers this can be guaranteed and my goal is to make sure that the public understand that I have done something about the situation and that this type of...