{"id":5126,"date":"2014-10-09T15:27:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-09T20:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conniedieken.com\/rumor-is-the-most-effective-communication\/"},"modified":"2014-10-09T15:27:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-09T20:27:00","slug":"rumor-is-the-most-effective-communication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/conniedieken.com\/rumor-is-the-most-effective-communication\/","title":{"rendered":"Rumor is the most effective communication"},"content":{"rendered":"

Repeat after me:\u00a0\u201cI won\u2019t spread what I\u2019ve heard before confirming it.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Say it loudly, three times, please. Then implement.<\/p>\n

As a young journalist, my professors and news directors drilled into me the responsibility of accuracy, accuracy, accuracy. They made all of us reporters confirm our information with three sources before we were allowed to broadcast it on TV.<\/p>\n

There was hell to pay if we aired a lie. Lives were damaged. Lawyers were called. Heads rolled.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the rub:\u00a0everyone is a broadcaster today.<\/em>\u00a0Yet our social media accounts don\u2019t come with ethics training. We are not required to check sources or accuracy before we spread a fire hose of misinformation through Twitter, Facebook or any other format. Case in point this week, the alleged suicide of an alleged child molester in Hollywood. (Yes, the \u201calleged\u201d references come from the journalist in me.) Turns out, the \u201csuicide\u201d was a hastily-posted rumor stated as fact and spread by a neighbor via Twitter.<\/p>\n

Rumor is the most effective form of communication.<\/strong>\u00a0Always has been, always will be. Rumors appeal to our human need to bond and be in the loop. To some people they\u2019re also salacious and shocking. Twitter and other forms of social media are invaluable tools for information sharing, but things head south quickly if we don\u2019t stop to confirm the accuracy of our broadcasts.<\/p>\n

\u201cI won\u2019t spread what I\u2019ve heard before confirming it,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0should be a mantra for the digital age.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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