Topic: Second Source

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Bagging Your Own Reality
Episode 24 1:03:34 - 1:07:20

24: Bagging Your Own Reality

Journalism Standards, Second Sources and Wikipedia Editing

A critique of modern journalism focuses on the "second source" rule, which the hosts argue is often used to dismiss first-hand eyewitness accounts. This is compared to the controversial rule against individuals editing their own Wikipedia pages to correct inaccuracies. The discussion suggests that if a correspondent is physically present at an event, such as in Tibet, their direct reporting should not require secondary triangulation to be considered valid.