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Accuracy in News Reporting: A Review of the Research. ANPA News Research Report No. 25.
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Singletary, Michael – 1980
This report provides a review of literature exploring accuracy in newspaper stories. The findings discussed do not reveal definite reasons for inaccuracy, but several possible error sources are delineated: amount of reporter involvement, type of news, psychological factors (stress, news reporters' fantasies, open/closed-mindedness, tendency to…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Evaluation, Journalism, Literature Reviews