The Washington Post was doing this for a while and may still. I do agree that it is a good idea.
I also agree that actual impartial journalism is next to non-existent anymore and where it does it is perverted. For instance, reporting that President Bush says x y or z is objectively true especially if he statement is alro released as a transcript. But what if what the president says is not true or is misleading? More and more it seems that this is addressed only in analysis that appear only on the oped pages or buried deep in the news sections of the better papers. I think that part of this is that news organizations are afraid of losing access to press briefings so they confine themselves to the strictly true "so and so today said" type of reporting. <rant> My local paper, for instance, is not even covering the fact that a nuclear reactor is being built in the state. But hey, a judge gets a DWI and they are all over it. Their idea of environmental coverage? They apologized for running a picture of Otero Mesa, where the administration wants to drill for oil, that originated with the Sierra Club and allegedly is prettier than most of this area. Note that nobody is disputing that the pictures do in fact portray part of the area where they will be drilling for oil. But some of it is uglier than that? Oh well. Clearly it's OK then. Sorry we bothered you with the facts. </rant> Michael is right. I feel better now. Dana On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 15:10:35 -0600, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Larry wrote: > > Of course it also depends on your biases. If you're coming from one > > perspective, you tend to see all from that particular angle. > > > > The salient point is that NPR has a stated goal of delivering unbiased > news and a multitude of views and is backing that goal up with an > Ombudsman that reports directly to the CEO and is appointed for a > term. > > If you ever hear anything on NPR that you think is biased you can > contact the Ombudsman who'll makes the changes if needed. > > I don't see any other major media sources doing this. Not only do > they have him available, but they have him on programs about once a > quarter so can call him on air. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:149751 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
