The News blunders big time

 JournalismPakistan.com |  Published: 26 November 2018

The News committed a notable mistake by publishing the same NAB story on two facing pages. This incident highlights potential lapses in editorial judgment.

Summary

ISLAMABAD – The News blundered big time on Monday repeating a four-column story on pages facing each other.

Headlined ‘NAB does not believe in victimisation’, the paper splashed the news first on Page 4, and then again on Page 5.

Stories do get repeated but are often hard to notice as they are published well apart.

A journalist who did not want to be named pointed out that the story did not merit such a display in the first place because it was based on a NAB press release.

KEY POINTS:

• The News repeated a four-column story about NAB on adjacent pages.
• The story was based on a press release from NAB.
• This blunder raises concerns about editorial practices.
• A journalist noted the exaggerated prominence of the story.
• Such repetitions are typically hard to spot when spaced out.