| PBS gets letters - a sizeable representative sampling of them is printed below. Many of them express reactions to the proceedings Wednesday evening with the introduction and speech, watched by a huge national television audience, of the surprise vice-presidential nominee, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. The letters are offered without comment with a couple of exceptions.
Some of the letters contain personal attacks on the performance of NewsHour senior correspondent Gwen Ifill and regular commentator Mark Shields.
Complete ombudsman article: http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/2008/09/ombudsmans_mailbag_27.html |
Posted by: Frank at 5:03 pm | Category: Journalism | Link & Discuss (0)
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Is it ethical for a news organization, reporting on developments in the midst of a heated partisan campaign, to give a spokesman for one side the opportunity to anonymously accuse the principal candidate on the other side of engaging in underhanded attacks?
That's just one of the questions raised by the behavior of the news media in the week since Arizona Sen. John McCain selected Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate.
And it's probably the easiest one to answer: No, it is not ethical. But more about that later.
Complete article: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-oped0905wycliffsep05,0,2320571.story |
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From the titans of talk -- Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham -- to conservative hosts who loom large in their local markets, the cheering for Palin has been nearly unanimous.
Complete article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/04/AR2008090403558.html |
Posted by: Frank at 9:33 am | Category: Radio | Link & Discuss (0)
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News executives Thursday tried to shake off the excoriations of the media emanating from the Republican National Convention, defending their coverage of GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin as responsible and evenhanded.
While top television network officials and newspaper editors largely dismissed the critiques as partisan rhetoric, some fretted that charges of media bias had reached a new and disturbing level.
Complete article: http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-mediaattacks5-2008sep05,0,6088101.story |
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The Suburban Journals of Greater St. Louis cut 14 positions in August and have eliminated four publications in the past year as the community newspapers continue to face financial pressures.
Similarly, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch announced Aug. 29 that it eliminated 18 positions in human resources, production and newsroom management.
Complete article: http://stlouis.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2008/09/08/story9.html |
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