
Originally Posted by
David88vert
You stated that it was around for many, many years, yet his "law" was only written in his Feb 2009 article. That's hardly a long term journalistic principle - as you tried to present it as.
Credentials don't matter in every field of study - but I bet that you would expect your doctor or lawyer to have a degree. In this case, do you believe that one layperson's opinion should be considered "a law of journalism"? If you look at the news industry, we don't see them embracing this "journalistic principle". It isn't being taught in journalism schools either.