An example of the level of poor Journalism today.
A 'Senior news reporter' for Metro.co.uk reported this account below that uses a social media tweet and
images provided from the festival itself (Garage Nation).
So in essence, the article was created by a Twitter comment, downloading images from the Festival's website
and maybe a telephone call to the Police. No need to leave the office!
No name of the 'spokesman' again and yet, anyone doing the yeoman's work of a Journalist on the internet who
isn't one of these elite scribes, is frowned upon when failing to provide sources.
A 'Senior news reporter' for Metro.co.uk reported this account below that uses a social media tweet and
images provided from the festival itself (Garage Nation).
Quote:Four people stabbed at music festival with two airlifted to hospital.SOURCE:
'According to reports, the air ambulance was called out to take two men, aged 22 and 26, to hospital.
A third man made his own way to hospital after being stabbed and another men was treated at the scene.
Thousands of people were at Hainault Country Forest for the Garage Nation festival in Chigwell yesterday.
A witness described one stabbing as the ‘scariest’ thing she has ever seen.
Mel Dee tweeted: ‘Just saw someone get stabbed right in front of me at garage nation.
‘I’ve never seen anything like it. Why do people do this? It was honestly the scariest thing I’ve ever witnessed.
‘He got cut so deep I could see like the layers of his skin it was so bad.’
A spokesman for the Met Police said: ‘Police were called at 7.35pm on Saturday, 30 June to Hainault Forest
Country Park to reports of a number of stabbings at a festival. ‘Officers, London Ambulance Service and
London’s Air Ambulance attended.’...'
So in essence, the article was created by a Twitter comment, downloading images from the Festival's website
and maybe a telephone call to the Police. No need to leave the office!
No name of the 'spokesman' again and yet, anyone doing the yeoman's work of a Journalist on the internet who
isn't one of these elite scribes, is frowned upon when failing to provide sources.
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