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FAIRNESS AND ACCURACY IN
REPORTING THE NEWS
However, I am surprised at how many journalist have a lack of knowledge of what the First Amendment stands for, the right to free speech. ...
(Moore p 4)
Reporting news that is not true is a big issue. When the press does not report accurate news that injures a source in any way, are the inaccuracy reporting usually innocent, or are they often the result of careless or even reckless work?
Some news executives say some polls reveal a paradox about the public’s relationship with the press. ... However, other polls show that American people want the news media to provide them with information that is not only interesting, but important to their lives, regardless to rating. ... Its commitment to finding and reporting only "facts" as distinct from "opinion". ...
However, focusing on inaccurate and unfair reporting, inaccuracy and unfairness reporting can occur by reporting objectively. ... The "objective style of reporting actually promotes a bias toward the status quo. ... Fox News channels reporting is a good example of objective reporting.
For example, Fox News channel wraps itself into slogans of journalistic objectivity like "Fair and balanced" and "We report, you decide," but somehow sources has found a dramatic right-ring tilt in the network’s news. ... (Washington Post, p 8 8/20/92)
When it comes to Fox news Channel, conservatives don’t feel the need to work the referee. ... Together with the GOP, Washington Times, the Wall Street Journal editorial page, and conservative talk-radio shows such as Rush Limbaugh’s-----forms a highly effective echo chamber where GOP-friendly news stories can be promoted, repeated and amplified. ... They simply said that if it hadn’t been for Fox, they don’t know what they would have done for the news.
Approximate Word count = 1464
Approximate Pages = 5.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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