Posted on 04/30/2005 9:39:15 AM PDT by quidnunc
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Among other things, though, the style of reporting changed from the "inverted pyramid" of who, what, when, where, why to an "engaging" personal style that always began with an anecdote or story (see any stupid column on any of last night's basketball games, and see how long it takes you to find out what the score was!!)
All the J-schools did was confirm and reinforce what had already happened.
Oh, and all this happened BEFORE Vietnam and Watergate, contrary to popular opinion.
There are some teasers about this, here:
The arenas of media, journalism and education are in DESPERATE need of reform.
1) Conservative students have little chance of surviving in most major schools of journalism.
2) Intellectual idealogues have gained control of most major public news sources.
3) MSM sources have shown exponentially blatant favoritism to liberal candidates and an increasing willingness to ignore negatives on their favorite political allies while either under investigating facts or, in some cases ("Rathergate" and "NY Timesgate"), actually fabricating negative stories about those they dislike. The Houston Chronicle actually messed up and posted an internal email a couple of years ago about how they were going to "get" Tom DeLay and they still try on an almost daily basis.
The result of all this is . . .
1)Intelligent conservatives are ceasing to pay any attention to MSM in any capacity
2) Alternative news sources like FOX and the bloggers are seeing increases in viewers and participants
3) There is a pent up demand for legitimate (not necessarily just conservative) journalism where good research is conducted and facts are reported, not skewed or manufactured. Some conservative entrepreneurs might take note.
The common denominator is putting a face in a camera to transfer income. Finally the internet is providing enough mass education to keep people from voting for their income.
"I suspect the left-wing professors at the journalism schools "
Why should there even be journalism schools? If I, as an engineer, can write a clear Who What Why When and Where story, AND know something about the subject, then shouldn't I be prefer as a journalist? Same with the rest of you with real life skills.
In fact, this goes for the teaching "profession" as well.
AND if I can proofread my own copy, prefer=preferred
Not in their present state, and I don't know what will save them . . . but no one knew that Rush Limbaugh and the internet would overturn the MSM, either. So something will happen. I just don't see how it works out right now.
The University of Texas has one of the most liberal (socialist, anti-American, propagandist) journalism teaching ETHICS classes.
Way to go Texas.
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=10711
High Noon in Texas for Leftist Academics
. . . . . Robert Jensen, who teaches "Critical Issues in Journalism." According to the Professor Watch List, Jensen introduces the "unsuspecting" student to a crash course in "socialism, white privilege, the truth about the Persian Gulf War and the role of America as the world's prominent sponsor of terrorism.
"Jensen half-heartedly attempts to tie his rants to 'critical issues' in journalism, insisting his lessons are valid under the guise of teaching potential journalists to 'think' about the world around them. Jensen is also renowned for using class time when he teaches Media Law and Ethics to 'come out' and analogize gay rights with the civil rights movement," the list entry for Jensen reads. . . . . . . .
We are going to see Hillary sanctified and deified. The lies that will be broadcast defy the imagination. And 48 percent of the voters agree with that false worldview before the election starts.
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I'm afraid you are 100 percent correct!
MSM
What does that stand for?
Sorry, "MainStreamMedia." ABCNBCCBSCNNTIMENEWSWEEKNYTIMESWASHINGTONPOST.
It was all false and eventually exposed, but at that time the MSM monopoly was going strong and it was never suitable discredited. The story added great impetus to the Great Society pimping with such tools as Food Stamps, AFDC("welfare") and WIC.
I'd say it changed history some, yes. .
I'm on tenterhooks.
LOL! I made an extremely sarcastic comment about that very thing last night (it was a Social Security thread).
I've been noticing something in two of my primary focuses on FR: federal judges and taxes. The MSM always presents "a ruling by a federal judge" as though it was handed down from the Mount. I've also noticed that the MSM is completely incurious about taxation. They present taxes as "a done deal", and rarely, if ever, attempt to foment questions about the legitimacy of ANY taxation scheme. Along similar lines, educational institutions could easily cast a harsh light on the subject of taxation, but occupy themselves with more important issues, like "creative writing" and the like.
Agree. The new media, by its very nature, is more likely to be accurate, if only because things can be instantly corroborated or challenged.
Heheh. Well, it will be a while. We've just collected 12 years' worth of NY Times, WaPo, Atlanta Constitution, Cleveland Plain Dealer, and LA Times. Now we're running "word bias" analysis and other tests that journalist scholars usually use to detect bias on two editorials each, per month. That's hundreds of samples.
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