"The greatest felony in the news business today is to be behind, or to miss a big story. So speed and quantity substitute for thoroughness and quality, for accuracy and context"
- Carl Bernstein
About this Quote
This quote by Carl Bernstein talks to the current state of the news business. He recommends that the greatest crime in the news company is to be late to a story or to miss it completely. This has actually caused a concentrate on speed and amount over precision and context. This means that news outlets are more concerned with getting the story out rapidly than they are with making sure that the story is precise and provides the necessary context. This can result in stories that are incomplete or misleading, which can have serious consequences. Bernstein's quote is a reminder that accuracy and context ought to be prioritized over speed and amount in the news business.
This quote is written / told by Carl Bernstein somewhere between February 14, 1944 and today. He/she was a famous Journalist from USA.
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