I totally agree. Though I really haven't seen much on TV that I would call journalism. Some of Charlie Rose's pieces. I don't think I have watched Jim Lehrer though. I am actually interested in hearing further nominations. But with a few exceptions TV is 2-D and print is 3-D simply because of the time constraints of broadcast news. Radio tends to a more magazine-type format when it does news at all. I have heard informative programming on PBS for example though much of it does have some editorial content. Amy Goodman comes to mind. Meet the Press qualifies, I would think, though I haven't watched it in a while. The interview is a journalistic form.
I like your print media choices, personally. The newspapers have had some issues, but haven't we all? LOL. There are some conservative magazines that I consider thoughtful, but I can't think of the names right now. But it does all boil down to language doesn't it. Journalism, values, liberal, christian, have all acquired special meanings in the last few years and frankly it strikes me as rather Orwellian. I think the voice of reason needs to be heard, and the sooner the better. Dana On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 21:59:50 -0600, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Michael wrote: > > > > > Journalism is about asking questions and reporting the answers as > > > given, not providing "truth"; that's what religion is for. > > What?!? Journalism is about getting to the truth of something and reporting > > the > > facts. When a journalist puts in there own bias or bend, that is no longer > > journalism, it's commentary. > > I think this is an awesome discussion with great point by both > yourself and Dana and one the rest of the country should join us in. > That having been said ... > > I think were we disagree is that I don't think there ever is a > "truth." (The old rule about telling the 1st person in a line of 100 > a story and by the end of the line it's completely different.) > > So, I think the skill in journalism is in: > > 1.) Knowing what to ask, > 2.) Knowing who to ask it too, and > 3.) Describing 1 & 2 and what your methodology was. > > So, for example, if you want to know what happened in Iraq, a good > reporter knows who to ask, can get access to them, and asks them the > right questions. In their report they should say what it was they > were trying to prove and why they asked who they did. This is an easy > way to ferret out bias - or reporting only one side of the facts. > > I think good examples of print journalism are: > > 1.) The Wall Street Journal > 2.) The Economist > 3.) The Washington Post > > Good Examples of Broadcast Journalism are: > > 1.) The News Hour w/ Jim Lehrer > > and, ummm, .... well there's, no .... hmm ... (I'm tempted to say > the BBC, but, well, you know) > > For political analysis I like: > 1.) Hardball > 2.) Washington Week > 3.) Shields & Brookes (on the News Hour) > 4.) Meet The Press, but it's neither full analysis or journalism. > > I think we should take back the word journalism and seperate it from > "media". Journalism is different from analysis, opinion, and > entertainment. I think only The News Hour is true journalism. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:136025 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
