Fox Pays For False Reports
Jarod Wredt
Sports Editor
In the world of journalism, there are clear-cut ethical guidelines to follow. When journalists don’t follow this code of ethics, it causes their organization problems.
Thanks to irresponsible reporting and false facts, Fox News has managed to provoke the people of Paris, France. Fox had been reporting on the recent Charlie Hebdo terrorist attack, but took it too far when they reported on theoretical “no-go zones”: places that the non-muslim residents of Paris and even the police won’t go. Paris wasn’t the only place targeted by these reports; there were also other places across Europe. There was reporting on other rumored places that were entirely Muslim, and anyone who isn’t Muslim will not go.
These reports were revealed to be falsified, and, as a result, the people of Paris are in an uproar. With four improper reports, Fox issued four apologies. However, the people of France did not accept them, and the mayor of Paris plans to sue Fox anyway.
Journalism is about getting news to people, and to do that facts must be correct. The fact that such a large news organization has reported on such fallacies shocks everyone, not only in the journalistic community, but around the world, to where even the British Prime Minister put in his opinion. British Prime Minister David Cameron was quoted by the Inquisitr saying “When I heard this, Frankly, I choked on my porridge and I thought it must be April Fools Day.
It is no secret that what Fox News did not follow proper journalist ethics. In fact this is not the first time Fox has been called out on sub-par reporting. Fox News needs to get their facts straight before slandering whole cities and ethnicities. Fox News should be held to a higher standard so they can be a better journalist organization.
