A local journalist thinks she can make a living of writing by stealing the hard work of others instead of getting her arse out of the office and doing some proper work. She’s decided to write about pub gardens and the headline photograph immediately credits its source to social media. The first item’s photo is just a shot from Google Street View. It shows an unmarked road with a pothole holding cars which are pointed at fences with some rubbish dumped alongside the hedge. In the distance we see the pub’s sign covered by ivy and a few picnic tables with umbrellas. It’s probably not the most picturesque of photos to entice you; and if I was the licensee I’d be having a strong word with the publisher regarding this photograph. Future items are padded out with quotes from a travel review site rather than any display of having any personal empathy or endorsement with the premises. Instead, she does the searching so you don’t have to. Even the platform that she publishes on struggles to load the full page properly on a mobile device because of the amount of advertising that loads. Is this what counts as journalism these days? It may be a slow news day; but hopefully people will see it for the bodged job that it is and won’t accept it at any face value.
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