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Absolutely. It's a recognised problem in the industry and actually nobody thinks it's OK. But what's needed is cooperation and coordination which is difficult with news org's competing on the sames story.
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It's a recognised problem in the industry and actually nobody thinks it's OK.
But it continues.
... what's needed is cooperation and coordination which is difficult with news org's competing on the sames story.
So the harm it causes is known about and understood, yet it persists in order to preserve a competitive edge?
No wonder the public at large have no faith in journalists being responsible for policing their own behaviour.
Scilly.Suffolk
^ agree with this, although it seems from the situation in question that the problem isn't necessarily individual journalists, but the fact they're so many of them trying to contact the same person - clearly the volume of attempts at contact is making the guy feel harassed. I'm not sure how this kind of unintended consequence can be avoided, though clearly it'd be better if it didn't happen.