RE: journalists' ethics

["Weiner, Ruth" <rfweine@sandia.gov>]

I used to have journalists talk to my intro environmental studies classes,
and I learned from them that they try to quote accurately but make no
judgments about the accuracy of what they are quoting.  Lately, that has
seemed like an excuse.  They also manipulate the information by the number
of column inches or minutes of exposure given to one point of view or
another.

Clearly only my own opinion.

Ruth Weiner 

-----Original Message-----
From: Sandy Perle [mailto:sandyfl@earthlink.net]
Sent: January 13, 2000 3:34 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Re: journalists' ethics


> The "truth" from his point of view was to accurately portray 
> what someone said, not whether that person was correct or not.

So ... attorneys do that every day!

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