Sunday, May 09, 2004
Hypocritical Take on Journalism
Oregon Daily Emerald - University of Oregon news and sports - Esteemed journalist lectures on ethics
John Carroll, the LA Times editor, delivered an lecture on the ethics of journalism, and criticised what he calls 'pseudo-journalists'. He says that they mislead instead of reporting facts. His prime example is the FOX News channel.
Fine, I'm willing to accept that. But he doesn't use any other examples, like perhaps CNN or the NYTimes. Just FOX News. While Bill O'Reilly is obviously not a journalist, neither is Larry King. But we don't here that.
This is just another 'journalist' siding with the liberal majority of his colleagues to bash the side of their profession that they do not agree with politically. Maybe he should have his friends in the journalistic community look in the mirror and realize that despite their best efforts their ideologies blind and bias them just as much as those at FOX News, if not more so.
John Carroll, the LA Times editor, delivered an lecture on the ethics of journalism, and criticised what he calls 'pseudo-journalists'. He says that they mislead instead of reporting facts. His prime example is the FOX News channel.
Fine, I'm willing to accept that. But he doesn't use any other examples, like perhaps CNN or the NYTimes. Just FOX News. While Bill O'Reilly is obviously not a journalist, neither is Larry King. But we don't here that.
This is just another 'journalist' siding with the liberal majority of his colleagues to bash the side of their profession that they do not agree with politically. Maybe he should have his friends in the journalistic community look in the mirror and realize that despite their best efforts their ideologies blind and bias them just as much as those at FOX News, if not more so.
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