The St. Louis Post-Dispatch continues to amaze by it's lack of professionalism. Thursday evening a member of the "management" team decided to run full steam ahead with a "tweet" from the social networking page "Twitter". The story was that the annual Farm Aid concert would be held in St. Louis. Management decided the story was so important and on the cutting edge of utilizing social media, that it reported the story as gospel truth, without doing any fact checking or confirming the story.
It turns out the concert will be held at St. Louis' outdoor amphitheatre in Riverport on October fourth. And it will include a wide variety of artists and acts.
But, the real issue is why does an old established newspaper run a major story without doing any fact checking or getting confirmation of the issues? It's shoddy journalism at best and would result in a journalism student getting a good chewing out and a failing grade. Professionals at the Post-Dispatch should know better.
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