tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077197998710271518.post5164100811795031507..comments2023-05-05T02:35:43.705-07:00Comments on j.linx: not just a clever namebarbara kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14533260231323483720noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077197998710271518.post-733842957614180692008-09-23T21:09:00.000-07:002008-09-23T21:09:00.000-07:00The poll numbers about journalism weren't encourag...The poll numbers about journalism weren't encouraging, I'll admit, but I'm not surprised that the public doesn't trust "the media." When that includes TV news -- and political pundits like Keith Olberman, Bill O'Rielly and, in some cases, Karl Rove -- I don't agree much that the media "tries to report the news without bias." <BR/><BR/>The problem is that journalists writing news aren't distinguished from the public by a lot of the public. Even at Santa Clara, I remember the outrage when the newspaper went so far as to, gasp, endorse a school presidential candidate. People didn't understand that it was opinion, not news (among other things...like our right to do so...)<BR/><BR/>I think newspapers can do a better job of helping the public become media literate, especially in this age of over-saturated content. That is one key to improving how the public looks at journalism.<BR/><BR/>The only mentions of newspapers in the poll, in fact, are about newspaper "commentators" being both liberal and conservative, and then about print dying for Internet sources. <BR/><BR/>One other interesting tidbit from the survey:<BR/>"The U.S. Constitution estbalishes a Christian nation:"<BR/>55 percent agreed.<BR/><BR/>Also, Fivethirtyeight.com is a great site, suggested to me first by the resident tech guy from the J-School Dean's office.Jeremy Herbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07243908611223408151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9077197998710271518.post-34485380234960502542008-09-22T18:51:00.000-07:002008-09-22T18:51:00.000-07:00I wonder: journalism aside, don't people work that...I wonder: journalism aside, don't people work that way too? Try to balance things? As if somehow balance makes thing better. More stable, at least. When in reality obviously they are not.Lotta Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17241784939983338833noreply@blogger.com