Just realized that this went to Ken and not to the list!
Kendall
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Kendall D. Corbett <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 11:43 AM
Subject: Re: [C-PALSY] I heard it with my own two ears!
To: [log in to unmask]
What does it take to get an editors attention - pure fabrication or
plagiarism?
Is there no such thing as journalistic ethics anymore? I know that with the
quick turnaround the electronic media has brought about, fact checking is a
thing of the past, but if Kyle writes letters to the editor (or sends them
what
he sent to the list), other readers may pick up the idea and there might be
actual subscription or advertiser repercussions. I'm reminded of the quote:
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do
nothing.<http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/2298.html>
*Edmund Burke <http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Edmund_Burke/> (1729 -
1797)* **
On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 11:29 AM, ken barber <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> write them all you want to, if loss of readers have not changed them your
> letter is not going to.
>
>
> --- On Fri, 7/25/08, Peter Hunsberger <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > From: Peter Hunsberger <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Re: I heard it with my own two ears!
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Date: Friday, July 25, 2008, 9:47 AM
> > On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 7:51 AM, Cleveland, Kyle E.
> > <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > <snip/>
> >
> > > This morning I read Marc Ambinder's account of the
> > exchange. He is the
> > > associate editor of Atlantic magazine.
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > > You hear both parties complain that the media treats
> > them unfairly-by
> > > what I heard yesterday and read this morning, they
> > have a point.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I've been involved with very few events that were
> > covered by national
> > > media, but I've been intimately involved with
> > several local news stories
> > > over the years and I'm always amazed that the
> > media coverage has never
> > > presented the "facts" with 100%
> > accuracy-particularly from television
> > > news, but it's endemic across all local media.
> > You would think that
> > > national news outlets would hold themselves to a
> > higher standard of
> > > truth, but that's apparently not the case.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > We're reaping the fruit of what we've sown:
> > "Truth" is no longer
> > > objective in the west. "Your 'truth' may
> > not be my 'truth'", and, "we
> > > create our own reality" are common refrains
> > coming out of journalism
> > > schools these days. That, is a sad truth.
> > >
> >
> > If no one holds them accountable for reporting the truth
> > there may be
> > more benefit to reporting what fits their agenda, or the
> > agenda of
> > whomever they are beholding to. I hope you wrote a letter
> > to the
> > editor and "cc'd" it to the editors of some
> > peer level publications?
> >
> >
> > --
> > Peter Hunsberger
> >
> > -----------------------
> >
> > To change your mail settings or leave the C-PALSY list, go
> > here:
> >
> > http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?SUBED1=c-palsy
>
>
>
>
> -----------------------
>
> To change your mail settings or leave the C-PALSY list, go here:
>
> http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?SUBED1=c-palsy
>
--
Kendall
An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress
depends on the unreasonable man.
-George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
--
Kendall
An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress
depends on the unreasonable man.
-George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
-----------------------
To change your mail settings or leave the C-PALSY list, go here:
http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?SUBED1=c-palsy
|
