Re: journalists' ethics

["D. Kosloff" <dkosloff@ncweb.com>]

----- Original Message -----
From: Weiner, Ruth <rfweine@sandia.gov>
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Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2000 6:27 PM
Subject: RE: journalists' ethics


> 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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