Ray - You write, "If the Editorial and News functions of a newspaper are kept separate, why do the NYTimes and the Washington Post have no conservatives writing for them? If the Editorial and News functions of a newspaper are kept separate, why do the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Times not have liberals writing for them." (sic)
First, I am not sure if you are writing about the editorial or the news side of each paper, when you write your comments above. If you are speaking of the editorial page, what you write should be self-evident. The NY Times and Washington Post are liberal papers and the Wall Street Journal and Washington Times are conservative papers, so their columnists / writers reflect the views of the editors / publishers. If you are writing about the news side of these papers how do you know that the NY Times and Washington Post have no conservatives writing for them and how do you know that the Wall Street Journal and Washington Times have no liberals writing for them? You should never know if a reporter if liberal or conservative. But I can tell you this, I ran into a reporter for the Star Tribune today and we got to talking about your earlier post and she said while the Star-Tribune is allegedly a "liberal" paper, she pointed out that there are both Doug Tice, who used to write editorials for the Pioneer Press and pro-life editorials in City Pages or Twin Cities Reader and Katherine Kerstin writing for the Strib. Both of these writers are extremely conservative. Dann Dobson Summit Hill - Saint Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Ray Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If the Editorial and News functions of a newspaper > are kept > separate, why do the NYTimes and the Washington Post > have no > conservatives writing for them? > > If the Editorial and News functions of a newspaper > are kept > separate, why do the Wall Street Journal and the > Washington > Times not have liberals writing for them. > > Im way off topic with this. Any further comments > from me > will be private. > > Ray Marshall > Hiawatha > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dann Dobson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 5:19 AM > To: Ray Marshall; [email protected] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: "Slanting" the news > > 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. > > > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com 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
