Are journalists serving Virginia's voters well? Election could offer insights on media on national level
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Are journalists serving Virginia's voters well? Election could offer insights on media on national level
Pundits on television news programs discuss politics as a horse race or compare the effectiveness of pseudo-events staged by candidates. They do not discuss ideas, issues, or meaningful reform.
Chris Hedges • Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle
The traditional view of the press was never based on some contrived, mathematical notion of “balance,” i.e. five paragraphs of Republicans for every five paragraphs of Democrats. The ideal instead was that we showed you everything we could see, good and bad, ugly and not, trusting that a better-informed public would make better decisions. This visi... See more
Matt Taibbi • The American Press Is Destroying Itself - Reporting by Matt Taibbi
🚨VANCE: "You need good reporters who have investigatory skills who are empowered by their employers to go out and investigate. I told Elon that the most useful piece of philanthropy if you're a right of center American, is to set up a non-profit where you pay a really good reporter for 5 years, you give them job security, and you tell them go off ... See more
Debate, argument, and civil conversation are the lifeblood of the democratic process. In our time, said to be an age of information, one of the most striking characteristics is the triviality, narrowness, and often factual inaccuracy of our political conversations.
The Worldwatch Institute • State of the World 2013: Is Sustainability Still Possible?
Journalists in the digital age should, within their means, enable safe spaces for public debate—acting as conversation leaders,87 information verifiers and amplifiers of varied perspectives.
