The news and editorial rooms at the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post rebelled following their management's decision not to endorse Kamala Harris. Get a grip.
Par for the course. Kagan resigns claiming Bezos stepped in to prevent a Harris endorsement to curry favor with Trump. One would presume an Editor-at-Large for a major national news outlet would rely on at least one journalistic news standard to substantiate his claim. An on-the-record source or two? A written document or e-mail? A recording? How about a call to Bezos or Trump seeking confirmation of the claim?
Crickets. Not a shred of evidence to substantiate his allegation. He's treated this "story" the same way the Post has unfortunately treated "news" gathering for years. Did Bezos can an endorsement of Harris to curry favor from Trump for Amazon or Blue Origin? I've not a clue. But I do know that before I publicly claimed he did, I'd first uncover enough facts to prove it to keep my journalistic integrity intact.
Not only do many people seek media sources that they already agree with, but apparently, they are demanding that these sources confirm their biases. Anything is better than thinking independently.
been reading the NYT, WaPo and WSJ daily since I was teen -- and always will. But the hand-wringing at WaPo and LAT specifically simply reflects deeper anxiety about their own growing irrelevance amid media fragmentation... the sentiment among WaPo and LAT traditionalists that voters are waiting with bated breath for an editorial board to come down from on high to bestow its collective wisdom on the grateful, uninformed masses is laughable... i respect their desire to follow tradition -- but not when the tradition, over time, becomes irrelevant
today's "J" schools teach students they are journalists "to make a difference" not report the news. I spent many hours listening to the J school professors telling students they would be "agents of change." They are not taught how to manage a community newspaper. How to involve readers. THEY are to be the messenger and the filter of the world and local news.
Par for the course. Kagan resigns claiming Bezos stepped in to prevent a Harris endorsement to curry favor with Trump. One would presume an Editor-at-Large for a major national news outlet would rely on at least one journalistic news standard to substantiate his claim. An on-the-record source or two? A written document or e-mail? A recording? How about a call to Bezos or Trump seeking confirmation of the claim?
Crickets. Not a shred of evidence to substantiate his allegation. He's treated this "story" the same way the Post has unfortunately treated "news" gathering for years. Did Bezos can an endorsement of Harris to curry favor from Trump for Amazon or Blue Origin? I've not a clue. But I do know that before I publicly claimed he did, I'd first uncover enough facts to prove it to keep my journalistic integrity intact.
Bravo. Well said. So many other examples.
Not only do many people seek media sources that they already agree with, but apparently, they are demanding that these sources confirm their biases. Anything is better than thinking independently.
been reading the NYT, WaPo and WSJ daily since I was teen -- and always will. But the hand-wringing at WaPo and LAT specifically simply reflects deeper anxiety about their own growing irrelevance amid media fragmentation... the sentiment among WaPo and LAT traditionalists that voters are waiting with bated breath for an editorial board to come down from on high to bestow its collective wisdom on the grateful, uninformed masses is laughable... i respect their desire to follow tradition -- but not when the tradition, over time, becomes irrelevant
today's "J" schools teach students they are journalists "to make a difference" not report the news. I spent many hours listening to the J school professors telling students they would be "agents of change." They are not taught how to manage a community newspaper. How to involve readers. THEY are to be the messenger and the filter of the world and local news.
Sad but true . . . ever since they misanalyzed and abused the lesson of Woodward and Bernstein from the Watergate scandal.