03-01-2011, 06:43 PM
I'm afraid it's an eminently bad idea. Assigning 'truthiness' to some professional organization that may have its own agenda is like allowing the American Bar Association to choose the Supreme Court Justice nominees...
oh.. wait.
Anyhoo... I'll agree with swampy. Teach your children to have a finely tuned B$ detector. Licensing ? Professional society ?
FAUGH ! The end result WILL be some form of censorship, which is an attack on one of those sacred Rights... Free Speech. Don't Go There !
Historically the business of reporting (and it's a business, not Diogenese style pursuit of Truth, Justice, and Apple Pie)... Uhm... the business of reporting has seen its success in terms of readership. In other words the ability to sell advertising. If the readership values truth, then truth they shall get. If they value tripe and lies... well, they get what they love.
oh.. wait.
Anyhoo... I'll agree with swampy. Teach your children to have a finely tuned B$ detector. Licensing ? Professional society ?
FAUGH ! The end result WILL be some form of censorship, which is an attack on one of those sacred Rights... Free Speech. Don't Go There !
Historically the business of reporting (and it's a business, not Diogenese style pursuit of Truth, Justice, and Apple Pie)... Uhm... the business of reporting has seen its success in terms of readership. In other words the ability to sell advertising. If the readership values truth, then truth they shall get. If they value tripe and lies... well, they get what they love.