On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 4:34 PM, Trevor Tymchuk <[email protected]> wrote: > A New York Times front-page article Monday detailed a new phenomenon > in news coverage of the presidential campaign: candidates insisting on > "quote approval," telling reporters what they can and cannot use in > some stories. And, stunningly, reporters agreeing to it. > > This, folks, is news. Any way you look at it, this is a jaw-dropping > turn in journalism, and it raises a lot of questions. Among them: Can > you trust the reporters and news organizations who do this? Is it ever > justified on the candidate's side or on the reporter's side? Where is > this leading us? > > http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/19/opinion/rather-quote-approval-reporting/index.html
Glenn Greenwald over at Salon mentions the same thing, along with several reporters reactions to the question of if they've ever done this: http://www.salon.com/2012/07/17/inept_stenographers/ When you equate access to power, you've kinda missed the point of the whole journalism thing. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
