> The biggest thing to remember is that when a person is > giving their opinion on the news they are a commentator. > When they are reporting the news as a factual basis it > is journalism. Problem is that so many journalists will > include their commentary in with their journalistic > effort that the news becomes this skewed caricature > of the truth.
In a sense there's a practical nature to the news media that would make anything else unlikely if not impossible. For an individual reporter or editor there's a finite amount of space per issue to devote to news, and an infinite amount of material which could be covered. The mere act of deciding what constitutes news-worthy information is in and of itself an act of skewing the media, particularly when you consider that a given editor remains at a given paper for a period of time and their personal bias / opinions determine which stories are published for a prolonged period of time. When that editor retires (or is fired or dies) and someone else takes over their job of editing that paper, then suddenly the news changes. Most people likely don't notice the change, but it does happen. Although I imagine it's less noticeable with something like the Weekly World News. :P "Gee Harry, I wonder if the vampires are dying out, they never print any stories about them anymore. Last year it seemed like there was a vampire article in almost every issue. Now it's just transvestite zombie hookers from alpha-centauri." s. isaac dealey 954.522.6080 new epoch : isn't it time for a change? add features without fixtures with the onTap open source framework http://www.fusiontap.com http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Now thereâs a better way to fax. eFax makes it possible to use your existing email account to send and receive faxes. Try eFax free. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=63 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:162657 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
