Clearly Mr. Marshall has never worked at a newspaper or news organization or he would not write, "But when they think that one candidate is better than another, for whatever reason, they have every right to slant the news whichever way they want. . ." I write this as a graduate as Columbia University's Pulitzerr Graduate School of Journalism and former Producer at Channel 2 , when it was KTCA. In most modern news organizations, the editorial and news functions are kept strictly separate, AS THEY SHOULD BE. Just because the editorial page or staff may support building a stadium on Nicolett Island for DeLaSalle or R.T. Rybeck, that does not give the news department permission to slant the news in favor of a stadium or the current Mayor. Most news organizattions, except Fox News, pride thjemselves on keeping their objectivity and independence. That does not mean that occassional bias do not seep in, but in my experience if a reporter or producer were ever caught deliberately slanting a story they would probably be immediately treminated, as they should be. The only thing that keeps readers and viewers trusting news organizations is their independence and objectivity. If it were ever known that a news organization were deliberately slanting the news, every story and reporter would then be suspect and that organization would immediately lose the trust and respect of the reading and viewing public, which is hard enough to earn anyway in this day and age. I think Mr. Marshall owes an apology to all of the hard working reportes and editotrs around the country and I suggest that he enroll in a Journalism 101 class immediately. Dann Dobson Saint Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ray Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am always flabbergasted by those who complain about bias in newspaper coverage. What requirement is there that mandates that a newspaper must provide fair and unbiased coverage of an issue? Haven't they ever heard of the First Amendment of the Constitution granting "freedom of the press?" The only reason that newspapers even attempt to be fair is to sell more papers. But when they think that one candidate is better than another, for whatever reason, they have every right to slant the news whichever way they want, subject only to the laws of libel. If you don't like it, don't buy it. If you want negative coverage on Rybak, then start your own paper! But don't waste your time whining about unfair coverage. Ray Marshall Hiawatha ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2005 16:27:28 -0800 (PST) From: Guy Gambill Subject: [Mpls] Ethics of strib "Polls" Got a growing beef with the Strib: I have noticed a decided tendency during this election season on the part of the Strib staff to avoid covering any story that may reflect poorly on RT. Guy Gambill (Uptown) ************************************ REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls --------------------------------- Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
