Media figures address the industry's flaws at Chicago conference: There is 'a perception of condescension' (content is generally opposite article title)

foxnews.com ^ | May 1, 2023 | Joseph A. Wulfsohn

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Journalists from CNN, NYT, The Atlantic, CBS, NBC were among the panelists at the event

As the 2024 presidential campaign begins to ramp up, several high-profile media figures gathered last week for the 2024 Campaign Journalism Conference at the University of Chicago's Institute of Politics. 

The conference, which was co-hosted by Harvard University's Nieman Foundation for Journalism, was essentially a retreat for journalists hoping to prepare themselves for how to best cover the grueling election cycle and the candidates running in the coming year. Sprinkled within the couple hundred attendees were students from the University of Chicago but the majority were fellow journalists from across the country, many of whom from local outlets as well as national news organizations. 

The event spanned two days and featured heavy hitters in both media and politics who offered advice for up-and-coming journalists who may have never covered a presidential campaign. Former RNC chair Reince Priebus and former DNC chair Tom Perez spoke alongside each other about their respective party's broad election strategy while Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensberger touted his state's election integrity. 

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"There is going to be a perception, and that perception is rooted in something real- we all need to acknowledge, a perception of condescension, of looking down your nose at these people, of wanting to come there and caricature them and sort of judge them," Alberta said.

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It reads like the MSM game plan to 'do better' at falsely portraying popularity of the candidates. For example, one interviewed noted he was shocked at how many GOP were exhausted by Trump's presence in the political sphere and blames the MSM for only interviewing Trump groupies at Trump speaking events for falsely inflating the perception of Trump's popularity.

[Dilbert San Diego]

Are they sitting around, figuring out how to not cover things from a liberal perspective?

[Spok]

They look foolish when their lies don’t mesh.

[ModelBreaker]

“Are they sitting around, figuring out how to not cover things from a liberal perspective?”

No. They are telling journalists to do a better job faking not holding half of America in contempt.

[aquila48]

“(content is generally opposite article title)”

Sounds a lot like most legislation... like “Inflation reduction act”