Phnom Penh Post - Making up Interesting Information When They Can't Be Bothered to Find the Facts!
July 20th 2008 13:01
PHNOM PENH POST - MAKING UP INTERESTING INFORMATION WHEN THEY CAN'T BE BOTHERED TO FIND THE FACTS!
The Phnom Penh Post's story claiming "more parents are moving their children from public to private schools because they are fed up with teachers collecting money from their children to supplement their public school salaries" provided no proof to this statement throughout the whole article ['Parents balk at paying teacher bribes', 17 July 2008 - accessible online at http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2008071720264/Online-Edition/Parents-balk-at-paying-teacher-bribes.html]. They talked to two parents who planned to move their children from a public to a private school but had not yet done so. They confirmed that one public school teacher takes funds from her student to supplement her salary. They talked to one private school principal who said the enrollment in his school has increased - but did not give the reason. None of the supposedly supporting graphs in the article actually in any way supported the opening statement.
In order to make statements that are worthy of a story, Phnom Penh Post, you actually have to either: 1. source somebody substantial making the claim; or 2. provide something that backs up the claim. Without either of these things it simply appears as though you are making up the news to fill space (which you may well be). The unfortunate thing is that this interesting statement may actually be true but the Phnom Penh Post's inability to investigate and report on this statement makes their article unsubstantial rubbish.
The Phnom Penh Post's story claiming "more parents are moving their children from public to private schools because they are fed up with teachers collecting money from their children to supplement their public school salaries" provided no proof to this statement throughout the whole article ['Parents balk at paying teacher bribes', 17 July 2008 - accessible online at http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2008071720264/Online-Edition/Parents-balk-at-paying-teacher-bribes.html]. They talked to two parents who planned to move their children from a public to a private school but had not yet done so. They confirmed that one public school teacher takes funds from her student to supplement her salary. They talked to one private school principal who said the enrollment in his school has increased - but did not give the reason. None of the supposedly supporting graphs in the article actually in any way supported the opening statement.
In order to make statements that are worthy of a story, Phnom Penh Post, you actually have to either: 1. source somebody substantial making the claim; or 2. provide something that backs up the claim. Without either of these things it simply appears as though you are making up the news to fill space (which you may well be). The unfortunate thing is that this interesting statement may actually be true but the Phnom Penh Post's inability to investigate and report on this statement makes their article unsubstantial rubbish.
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