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Coin Fire - Journalism




I don't pretend to be a journalist, or to be really a good blogger in general, however there is something to be said about Coinfire.io.

I've read a good few articles from Coinfire.io, and they have been what I would consider very poor journalism. I'm only going to target maybe 1 or 2 articles, because I don't have all day. Now, I'm not an associate of GAW, PayCoin, PayBase, or pay-whatever but there is something to be said about their kind of journalism and specifically about their posts about GAW and their platforms.

Now, I will admit that there has been a good deal of miss steps and issues with GAW's announcements, however the posts on Coinfire.io seem to be more of attacks rather than reports. If you have read some of their articles regarding GAW (thinking back to the SEC investigation), I would recommend you give it a read to see what I'm referring to. This community and industry is already riddled with terrible companies and scams, but we would like everyone to take cryptocurrency seriously. So, what's going wrong? Why are people trying to go out of their way to put a negative spin on companies that are FOR ONCE, really trying to bring people in and help build a community.

GAW isn't perfect, but they have easily put the most effort I've seen into this community, to strengthen and make it accessible. Is that all going to happen overnight? No. Will clouding it with negativity help it happen? Of course not. However, we all want cryptocurrency to become a big thing (bigger than it is), so why try to sully another companies name with issues and half-truths. Report responsibly.

I'm not trying to paint anyone in a bad light, but I would really suggest Coinfire.io gets a little more creative with how they do their journalism. If you don't have a 100% truth, don't report it as fact, especially at a company that is really trying to do good by their community.


Then again, I guess writing for a blog isn't technically journalism anyway.

jour·nal·ism
ˈjərnlˌizəm/
noun
  1. the activity or profession of writing for newspapers or magazines or of broadcasting news on radio or television.

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