Newspapers can per 1st Amendment say what ever they want. But from an important 4th estate perspective of our Republic form of government, it is important that they #1 report the facts of the key stories of our day so that citizens are informed. My attitude is that if a paper wants to provide opinions that is what an editorial page is there for.
Carl Holmquist Uptown Message: 1 Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2005 22:47:13 -0600 From: "Ray Marshall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Mpls] RE: Ethics of Strib 'Polls' To: <[email protected]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" 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 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
