Abstract
A fundamental tenet of journalism is that news articles are based on facts, not assumptions or evaluations. A content analysis of recent deceptive news articles found that they contain a lower proportion of report statements (facts) and a higher proportion of both inferential statements (assumptions) and judgment statements (evaluations) than a random sample of ostensibly legitimate articles produced by the same major news organizations during the same time frame. Implications for the practice and future of journalism are discussed.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 378-392 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly |
| Volume | 87 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| State | Published - 2010 |