Verification in Journalism

Verification is a HUGE part of being a writer. You can not just put information that you came up with and call it done. NO! They have to be legitimate facts. The definition of verification can be found here, http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/verification. In previous chapters, we have talked about truth in journalism and who a journalist really is and all of that good stuff. I think this chapter added another aspect to that and in a way brought it all together. Without verification, truth is not evident. If a journalist were to write an article with made up facts that could not be verified it would completely and totally eliminate any truth that could possibly be found. Also I believe most people can be a journalist, but I do not believe that journalists can be liars. I am big on integrity and honest people, so I will not ever think that a journalist can be a liar. In the book I like the quote from page 79 that says, "The essence of journalism is a discipline of verification." A very good example of an article with verification is found here http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/02/fashion/02dior.html?_r=1&hp. This is an article in the New York Times. It has credible sources and hard facts that are true. Christian Dior himself spoke, and that is who the article was about. I do not believe that verification is a grey subject at all. It is very black and white and not hard to get confused. You either have the facts or you make them up.