Comments on: Where Was The Press?

By: acline

acline — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:49:59 +0000

Guy… Your powers of close reading are astounding! And here I thought I was hiding it in the subtexts

By: guy

guy — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:58:08 +0000

So do you actually watch anything but The Daily Show? You seem to have a crush on him

By: acline

acline — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:09:26 +0000

Silas… I think you’re right that part of it is that news orgs don’t want to face the criticism of other news orgs.

Tim… I try to sneeze away from the screen

And, yes, I think journalism has a lot to answer for re: the national News Council and the shockingly low number of ombudsmen.

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:49:00 +0000

Can you can the flu from visiting a blog? No, Jon Stewart is not a journalist, but he does "regularly report on errors and fabrications in the news" (the central theme of the Mongerson Prize that was discontinued in 2006). It's not just keeping tabs on the ethics of news organizations. It's the killing of the National News Council, the lack of ombuds, and "accountability journalism" never meaning holding journalists accountable.

By: Silas Grey

Silas Grey — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:23:09 +0000

I agree, Jon Stewart is not a journalist. I’m sure he’d be the first one to agree with us on that. But with the press caring more about looking good than doing their job someone has to step into the gap.

I wonder if the press is afraid that if they investigate another news organization then their own reports will be similarly critiqued, which they’re not sure if they are clean enough to live through.

Liars don’t like to question other peoples lies lest they be found out themselves.