| Their views were shaped in the pre-interactive era, when journalists, in their sole discretion, decided who to cover, what to report, what to write and when to publish it. Apart from the occasional crayon-scribbled note that arrived in the mail, readers seldom talked back, leaving little reason to doubt the work was being well received. This led to the ill-advised belief that journalists, in their sole discretion, were wise enough to know what readers wanted, whether they really wanted it or not. |  |
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It really does not matter who is at the table or conference if the agenda does not change from journalism being about getting the “messanging right” it going back to journalism being about simply reporting the news. the article is right to say – ” The most important things…… fair reporting, balanced presentation and effective storytelling.
And I highly doubut the vested interest of ” the old press vets ‘ can bring anything to the table.
Comment left on that blog:
A truly excellent post! If I have any quibble, it is with this paragraph:
“The most important things that press vets can bring to journo-futuramas are strong advocacy for the immutable values of public-interest journalism: fair reporting, balanced presentation and effective storytelling.”
Fair reporting and balanced presentation simply does not appear very often in 2012, be it in my country of Canada, or the USA, or Britain, or ….
The fact that [frequently] Left & Far Left crusaders (aka “journalists”) believe they’re capable of writing or speaking without bias is even more frightening.
If traditional journalism is to survive there is only one solution.
In a single word it’s “truth.”
Grey Lady Down…
In related news . . .
http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowldc/cnns-jim-walton-resigns_b79823
Because he thinks “CNN needs thinking”
Now that is a Blinding Flash of the Obvious.
“This led to the ill-advised belief that journalists, in their sole discretion, were wise enough to know what readers wanted, whether they really wanted it or not.”
Should read,
“This led to the ill-advised belief that journalists, in their sole discretion, were wise.”
As the thread concerns the media, it’s not too big a stretch to ask if anyone knows what’s up with the WUWT site.
It’s currently shut down pending a large announcement slated for Sunday.
Maybe WUWT has the password for the rest of ClimateGate emails and he is getting ready to release the docs.
That would be fun!
I’m coming around to the belief that the future will contain both “journalists” and dead-tree publications. Just not the ones we have now, they will be going stoney broke as the public zeitgeist moves away from pie-in-the-sky liberalism.
The reason will be privacy. If you don’t want the NSA (and Amazon.com and Google and Target Stores and etc.) psychoanalyzing your reading material, you have to put down the Kindle, get off the internet and get it in dead-tree format. Bought in cash, of course. Otherwise they know exactly what you read, when, where and how fast. Because Kindles phone home, kids! Yes, they do. And so does your Apple iWhatsit, your Google Android thingy, and most likely your Blackberry
Making data-mining illegal would be completely futile btw. The government will still do it, secretly if necessary, and marketers will just break the law. Its too big an advantage to give up.
Therefore, dead-tree publishing and hefty email encription. That way Big Brother at least has to work for it if he wants to know what you had for breakfast and what you read while you were eating it.
Presently I don’t care that I have a big bulging file at the NSA office, for two reasons. First is that I’m not doing anything particularly noteworthy, second is that there’s forty zillion more files just like mine in there.
Of course if I happen to be at McDonalds more or less at the same time as the next Osama Bin Rottin’, some clerk is going to have a cr@pload of stuff to wade through. Ha ha, sucker!
The most important things that press vets can bring to journo-futuramas are strong advocacy for the immutable values of public-interest journalism: fair reporting, balanced presentation and effective storytelling.
I would like to add: Research.
Dig to find information. Confirm. Double check. Don’t rely on press releases that you’re fed by special interest groups to fill your pages or websites. There is too much opinion–none of which is of benefit without solid information to back it up.
All this crap started when working-stiff reporters became la-de-da “journalists”, and started taking themselves seriously. A “profession”, don’cha know, right up there with doctors and engineers…
That happened, mojo, when journalism changed from “telling the truth” to “making society better.”
Journalists act more like members of the liberal socialists parties than urnalists these days, it’s sickening to watch yet another profession become an arm of the progressive monster.
Journalism has become a government collective. Its not interested in information, or truth. Only propaganda in my opinion. Creating an imaginary world for their political(usualy Marxist) favorites.
They are true believers not fact digging finders.
I guess you decided not to cover this: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/07/27/pol-bruce-carson-charged-rcmp.html
” when journalists, in their sole discretion, decided who to cover, what to report, what to write and when to publish it.”
This describes our state broadcaster.They still believe that it is true,because their financial bottom line is not dependent on their audience and advertisers,but on the their direct link to the public treasury.
Kitty “I guess you decided not to cover this”
A staffer was suspected of illegal lobbying and the matter was referred to the RCMP? Why would anyone want to hide the great job the government did in the matter?
Another point. Although you may be confused SDA isn’t a newspaper.
According to the Daily Mail Michelle Obama is showing her patriotism in London by the outfits she is wearing!
YAY!
One had red and white on it, and another was blue!!!!
Neither of them looked anything like the US flag colours of course, but what do little facts like that matter?
Beyond pathetic:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2179712/London-welcomes-First-Lady-fashion-Michelle-Obama-dons-ANOTHER-patriotic-outfit-support-Team-USA.html#
You mean the 66-year-old close advisor to the PM from 2006 to 2008 who was a a disbarred lawyer and had a string of fraud convictions? Yes, that’s the guy Harper called the cops on after the media reported he was hustling business for his 22-year-old ex-hooker girlfriend. Great work, Steve. Hip! Hip!
It appears that Michelle has been shopping at Target again,or went through Elton’s closet. Then again,I don’t really know fashion.
Kitty “Yes, that’s the guy Harper called the cops on after the media reported he was hustling business for his 22-year-old ex-hooker girlfriend.”
Remember why the Liberal Party is gone? Because actual millions in cash was stolen and ended up in Liberal bank accounts. Nobody gives a $hit about procedure, just theft, real theft. The Conservatives are the worst thieves. Nobody actually ends up with cash in their pockets and they keep calling the cops on themselves.
What’s wrong with ex hookers? You prefer current hookers?
Damn Liberals are full of hate. Harper gives an ex-con a break and they’re all over him. The guy’s girlfriend is an escort – more hate.
Ex-con? Hardly. The guy was a disbarred lawyer (for forging his clients’ signature), had numerous fraud convictions in the 1980s and 1990s, and is now charged again. I can imagine the howling here if he had been an advisor to Jean Chretien or Paul Martin, or if one of Thomas Mulcair’s top people had this kind of background. Morality goes out the door when power’s on the table.
Or if he was a jewel thief and allowed to run for the NDP again?
True. But your point is…
Harper promised to do better. Not the same.
Kitty “Not the same.”
Go away silly Kitty. I realize that NDP and Liberal theft is irrelevant to any point you make and the absence of any Conservative theft is also irrelevant because you are partisan whereas I am objective.
That’s ridiculous. The PM was being advised by a felon with numerous convictions who was also disbarred from the practice of law for forgery. And that’s OK with you? Really?
What would Preston Manning say?
Kitty “What would Preston Manning say?”
Who’s Preston Manning? Sounds like a kind hearted Christian gentleman who would give anyone a second chance, like Stephen Harper.
I do not believe that convicted criminals should be permanently impoverished by denying them work but then I am not a heartless socialist. It isn’t only Conservatives who are soft on crime. Sometimes socialists are wusses too.
What a load of diaper freight. C’mon. You’re kidding, right?
Can’t wait to see all the semi-reformed crack heads, cleaned up “escorts” and Jamaican posse boys lining up in front of the PMO Monday, looking for their luck break from the John Howard Society, er, the Harper Government.
Maybe they’ll be appointed to the Senate. Or be made judges. Or, like Carson, give Harper daily advice on how to run the country.
Kitty “Can’t wait to see all the semi-reformed crack heads, cleaned up “escorts” and Jamaican posse boys lining up in front of the PMO Monday”
Why would Harper hire NDP staffers to key positions?
Typical lefty attempt to change the channel.
Go back to sucking your thumb little kitty.
Who’s changing the channel? The original post says journalists try to decide what people get to hear. I’m just remarking that the same thing happens here. And if believing crooks have no place in the PMO makes me a Liberal, well, that’s a bit strange. I voted Reform and Conservative to clean up the mess in Ottawa, not replace one bunch of sleazebags with another.
Kitty “I voted Reform and Conservative to clean up the mess in Ottawa, not replace one bunch of sleazebags with another.”
And you don’t get the feeling that the hundreds of “scandals” contrived by the news media in the last 6 years are nothing but bull$hit? Get help. Vote Liberal next time. They’re way more honest.
I certainly see this one as a blot on the government. Disbarred lawyer? Multiple felony rap? Ex-hooker girlfriend using Carson’s influence to try to sell water purifiers to Indians? Right, folks. Move along. Nothing to see here.
Quite frankly, I feel like there is no one left to vote for. Is the Family Coalition still around?