On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 7:51 AM, Cleveland, Kyle E.
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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> 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

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