[delambo]

Reddit is the unfiltered internet. I don't go there to get trustworthy news. The problem is any news source that quotes straight from Reddit - they should know better, and verify any leads before reporting.

The internet is raw, and people need to put their critical thinking hats on when digesting unfiltered data, speculation, and analysis.

[webwanderings]

Totally makes sense. Mainstream media screwed up big time (so what if they were hiding the faces on the photographs they quoted). But same is the case with Twitter ecosystem. It all comes down to "professional journalists" becoming unprofessional.

People, the common and all kinds of people, on the other hand, would "talk". Whether online or offline, people talk about all types of things, good, bad or ugly. Reddit is like a platform which provides microphone to common people and it amplifies their talk. Just because people have opinion doesn't mean they should be highlighted in the newspaper.

Reddit and HN etc needs to decide if they are going to editorialize their platform or not. Apologizing after-the-fact makes no sense.

[sehugg]

Yeah, traditional media sure were happy to promote the Reddit link and print positive headlines about it. It took them only one day to s/internet sleuths/witch hunt/g