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Journalists admit failing to check accuracy of leaked stories
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Politicians who deliberately leak confidential information to the press get away with it most of the time, a study has revealed. Researchers at the University of Nijmegen in the Netherlands spoke to journalists and editors at 50 Dutch daily newspapers and found that not one believed using leaked information posed a moral problem.
According to the survey, leaked information was generally published two-thirds of the time and almost all those responsible, who tend to be government employees, were able to remain anonymous. The journalists questioned said that government employees who leak information tended to seek contact with the press themselves, not the other way around.
The journalists admitted they found the information leaked was often 'unbalanced, incomplete and lacking in detail' but said they were only likely to check its accuracy in an average of 34 per cent of cases.
Source: - Media Guardian