: Who is John Kerry?…This is journalism?…
I do not highlight this item to give it legitimacy. No. Instead, I highlight it to point out a transgression (perhaps many more than one) that no credible media outlet should commit in print (including the web) or on the airwaves. This, from the web site of New York magazine:
A pressing issue of dinner-party etiquette is vexing Washington, according to a story now making the D.C. rounds: How should you react when your guest, in this case national-security adviser Condoleezza Rice, makes a poignant faux pas? At a recent dinner party hosted by New York Times D.C. bureau chief Philip Taubman and his wife, Times reporter Felicity Barringer, and attended by Arthur Sulzberger Jr., Maureen Dowd, Steven Weisman, and Elisabeth Bumiller, Rice was reportedly overheard saying, “As I was telling my husb
It would be helpful to those of us who are not journalists if you would define “journalism”. (In 50 words or less, please
But, because you’ve asked, I’ll work up something as an intro to the winning entry.
So, will you admit you made a mistake trying to trick us? If so, will you now apologize? Hee!Hee!
No trick. I don’t assume there’s one true definition (i.e. connotation) of “journalism.” There’s certainly a rather simple denotation that anyone can find in the dictionary, but that’s hardly useful.