GIGO

“Consider this: Never in human history has more information been available to more people. That’s a wonderful thing. But it is also true that never in human history has more bad information been available.

“The quickest, most direct way to ruin a democracy is to poison the information.”

—Scott Pelley, former anchor, CBS Evening News, “CBS’ Scott Pelley Calls Fake News ‘The Quickest, Most Direct Way to Ruin a Democracy’,” The Wrap, Nov. 22, 2016.

• Editorial Comment: GIGO = Garbage In, Garbage Out.

 

PeezPix by Ted Pease 

Wild Crab












Get TODAY'S WORD ON JOURNALISM in your email every weekday morning during WORD season. This is a free “service” sent to the 2,000,000 or so misguided subscribers around the planet, to infinity and beyond. If you have recovered from whatever illness led you to subscribe and don’t want it anymore, send “unsubscribe” to ted.pease@gmail.com. Or if you want to afflict someone else, send me the email address and watch the fun begin. (Disclaimer: I just quote ’em, I don’t necessarily endorse ’em. But all contain at least a kernel of insight. Don’t shoot the messenger.) #tedsword
 
Ted Pease, Professor of Interesting Stuff, Trinidad, California. (Be)Friend The WORD

“I don’t think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones, in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.” —Tom Stoppard