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Journalism’s woes don’t resonate

A few days ago, Columbia Journalism School released the 96-page “Reconstruction of American Journalism” report, which I’m about halfway done read­ing. Journalism veteran-turned-consultant Steve Outing noted on his blog that the report doesn’t offer a lot of new infor­ma­tion for the peo­ple who are already well-versed in the media “crisis.” Instead, Outing says the report [...]
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Jacob Weisberg criticizes bias at Fox News

Fox News is clearly biased, writes Jacob Weisberg, editor-in-chief of the Slate Group and author of The Bush Tragedy, and reporters who value a truly fair and bal­anced press should avoid the net­work on eth­i­cal grounds. The bias is due to Rupert Murdoch, Weisberg writes. Murdoch brought to Fox News an “Australian-British-continental of politi­cized media” [...]
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