I'm not sure which Terry Collins article is being referenced here, but as far as Doug Grow is concerned, he did not write an article, he wrote his regular column using the local NCAAP chapter as a topic.
You may agree or disagree with Grow, but because he's writing a column and not an article, the standards for "genuine, fact-based analysis" differ. In his column, Grow shares his opinion, as do columnists in newspapers throughout the metro and the nation, for that matter. He's under no obligation to share differing opinions from his own or do any critical thinking whatsoever before commenting. Likewise, readers need to understand the difference between an article and a column. The first should strive to be objective but the second does not have that requirement and as such, should be taken with a grain of salt. It's likely that Grow's column would be more effective were he to be more objective, but it's still not a necessity. It's too bad the editors at the Spokesman-Recorder haven't seemed to grasp that difference yet. I would have thought it to be something very basic to be learned in journalism school. Mark Snyder Windom Park On 10/10/03 4:55 PM, "Shawn Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > EDITORIAL > > Context missing in NAACP coverage > Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder > Originally posted 10/8/2003 > > Can mainstream media outlets report as objectively on > events occurring in communities of color as they do > on those in White communities � even if their newsrooms > are predominantly White? Perhaps, if they do their > homework. > But articles that appeared in last week�s Star Tribune > about the Minneapolis NAACP (�Gallmon resigns as > Minneapolis NAACP President� and �NAACP chapter > needs direction�) showed a profound unwillingness to > engage the complexity of the situation. > > Critical thinking is fundamental to the journalistic enterprise. The fact that > columnist Doug Grow and > staff writer Terry Collins accepted recently-resigned > Branch President Al Gallmon�s comments as the whole > story, and presented it as such to their readers, > shows a disappointing disregard for genuine, > fact-based analysis. Sunday�s follow-up story > (�NAACP Minneapolis branch at crossroads again�), > although offering a broader range of opinion, still > seemed like an afterthought and failed to address > the branch�s underlying malaise in any real > depth. > http://www.spokesman-recorder.com/news/Article/Article.asp?NewsID=33139&sID=16 > http://www.spokesman-recorder.com/news/default.asp > Shawn Lewis, Field Neighborhood > > REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
