Comments on: Swine flu hits NM’s American Indian population harder http://newmexicoindependent.com/42420/swine-flu-hits-nms-american-indian-population-harder New Mexico news and politics Fri, 02 Sep 2011 18:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Aliandra http://newmexicoindependent.com/42420/swine-flu-hits-nms-american-indian-population-harder#comment-23322 Aliandra Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:38:32 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=42420#comment-23322 Trip: "The answer" is not the same as "his answer." <br><br>To report his answer as "the answer" implies either that you blindly trust public officials, contrary to professional guidelines that charge journalists to challenge public officials, or that you have vetted his claims and found some reliable independent authority. For example, Indians live farther from healthcare? Is that so, or are American Indians isolated from nearby healthcare facilities due to economic constraints? Trip: “The answer” is not the same as “his answer.”

To report his answer as “the answer” implies either that you blindly trust public officials, contrary to professional guidelines that charge journalists to challenge public officials, or that you have vetted his claims and found some reliable independent authority. For example, Indians live farther from healthcare? Is that so, or are American Indians isolated from nearby healthcare facilities due to economic constraints?

]]> By: Aliandra http://newmexicoindependent.com/42420/swine-flu-hits-nms-american-indian-population-harder#comment-17630 Aliandra Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:38:32 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=42420#comment-17630 Trip: "The answer" is not the same as "his answer." <br><br>To report his answer as "the answer" implies either that you blindly trust public officials, contrary to professional guidelines that charge journalists to challenge public officials, or that you have vetted his claims and found some reliable independent authority. For example, Indians live farther from healthcare? Is that so, or are American Indians isolated from nearby healthcare facilities due to economic constraints? Trip: “The answer” is not the same as “his answer.”

To report his answer as “the answer” implies either that you blindly trust public officials, contrary to professional guidelines that charge journalists to challenge public officials, or that you have vetted his claims and found some reliable independent authority. For example, Indians live farther from healthcare? Is that so, or are American Indians isolated from nearby healthcare facilities due to economic constraints?

]]> By: Aliandra http://newmexicoindependent.com/42420/swine-flu-hits-nms-american-indian-population-harder#comment-13170 Aliandra Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:38:32 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=42420#comment-13170 Trip: "The answer" is not the same as "his answer." <br><br>To report his answer as "the answer" implies either that you blindly trust public officials, contrary to professional guidelines that charge journalists to challenge public officials, or that you have vetted his claims and found some reliable independent authority. For example, Indians live farther from healthcare? Is that so, or are American Indians isolated from nearby healthcare facilities due to economic constraints? Trip: “The answer” is not the same as “his answer.”

To report his answer as “the answer” implies either that you blindly trust public officials, contrary to professional guidelines that charge journalists to challenge public officials, or that you have vetted his claims and found some reliable independent authority. For example, Indians live farther from healthcare? Is that so, or are American Indians isolated from nearby healthcare facilities due to economic constraints?

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