Today on the Huffington Post
Los Angeles, I learned that the Clippers finally reached a deal with the Boston
Celtics to send Doc Rivers to Los Angeles. The Clippers offered a three-year
deal worth $21 million to Rivers releasing Rivers from his current Celtics
contract. This was made possible because the Celtics received an unprotected
2015 first round draft pick for the exchange. Although the NBA must approve the
deal, it doesn’t seem as if either side believes the approval will be an issue.
I feel that the information reported was using the journalistic
method of verification, which means that the journalist is reporting facts that
have been reviewed and verified.
Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel believe
in a core set of concepts that form the foundation of the discipline of
verification....
1. Never add anything that was not there.
2. Never deceive the audience.
3. Be transparent about your methods and motives.
4. Rely on your own original reporting.
5. Exercise humility.
The Huffington Post accurately depicted the information about the
Doc Rivers trade between the two NBA teams. I researched a little more by going
to ESPN and reading up on the trade. I trust ESPN because ESPN is the hub for
all sports news and for the most part, their stories are accurate and depict
the most up to date information on all sports. I also went to both the Celtics
and the Clippers team page to read up on the trade. The information posted in
the Huffington Post was accurate and reflected the news both the teams
specified on their sites.
Social media has led to paradigm shifts in ways people work and do
business, interact and socialize, learn and obtain knowledge. This has happened
so much that social media has established itself as an important three-dimensional
extension of international challenges. The extensive amount of broadcasting and
published media content due to social media has turned the information from
trusting to doubting the system. When information cannot be trusted, the
effects are shown through the deactivation of accounts, people making multiple profiles
with false information, and an overabundance of inactive blogs, accounts, etc.
I use university sites, library sites, and scholarly journals as
credible social media sources. I may check the publishers names and do a little
background check to double check the information is coming from a reputable
source, but they tend to be pretty accurate.
With any social media, you need to make sure that the information
is credible if you are planning on using it more than just for your own
personal use.
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