JOURNALISTS: AND Post Hoc Fallacy

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Twelve years ago when I passed out of journalism school....The only thing I remembered as a cub reporter were the five Ws and one H of a news report. These fives were: Who, What, When, Where and Why... And the lone H meant: How" The pundits of journalism those days believed that for a news report to be authentic and complete the reporter must follow this basic rule of 5W and one H. I still remember my first assignment was for the Pioneer. My editor assigned me the task of filing a report on a flyover which was under construction. Its construction caused a lot of resentment in the saffron brigade as a temple was proposed to be razed to the ground to make way for the flyover. It was a straight forward story which any sensible reporter could have completed and filed the evening. But it took me....

JOURNALISTS: And Post Hoc Fallacy

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Twelve years ago when I passed out of journalism school....The only thing I remembered as a cub reporter were the five Ws and one H of a news report. These fives were: Who, What, When, Where and Why... And the lone H meant: How" The pundits of journalism those days believed that for a news report to be authentic and complete the reporter must follow this basic rule of 5W and one H. I still remember my first assignment was for the Pioneer. My editor assigned me the task of filing a report on a flyover which was under construction. Its construction caused a lot of resentment in the saffron brigade as a temple was proposed to be razed to the ground to make way for the flyover. It was a straight forward story which any sensible reporter could have completed and filed the evening. But it took me more....