What is, and is not, news...
I don't care who you are, who you write for, what you write is your business. In America you're entitled to your own opinion, and that's as it should be. This is America after all.
Dick Meyer at CBS can also say whatever he wants. He lives in America. As well, CBS can support whatever opinion they choose, until they find themselves fighting their way out of their own "Credibility Gulch." For a network that consistently denies that Big Media is institutionally biased, this article doesn't step one foot in that direction. But again, the Meyer piece is Opinion. Everyone needs to understand this.
Sadly, too much "opinion" makes the front page-- above the fold. And that's what's wrong with media today. With CBS' 60 Minutes you can count on a reliable dose of opinion at the end of each hour-- nothing wrong with that, but at least you know what it is. But again, when opinion makes front page-- the opening headlines --where does that leave the viewer, the reader, the hearer? How does the public know what is, and is not news?
It is my firm belief that the American Viewer, Reader, and Hearer cannot tell the difference between fact and opinion. It is further my belief that Big Media understands this, and exploits it. This is what agenda driven Talking Heads do, and they're very good at it.
Dick Meyer at CBS can also say whatever he wants. He lives in America. As well, CBS can support whatever opinion they choose, until they find themselves fighting their way out of their own "Credibility Gulch." For a network that consistently denies that Big Media is institutionally biased, this article doesn't step one foot in that direction. But again, the Meyer piece is Opinion. Everyone needs to understand this.
Sadly, too much "opinion" makes the front page-- above the fold. And that's what's wrong with media today. With CBS' 60 Minutes you can count on a reliable dose of opinion at the end of each hour-- nothing wrong with that, but at least you know what it is. But again, when opinion makes front page-- the opening headlines --where does that leave the viewer, the reader, the hearer? How does the public know what is, and is not news?
It is my firm belief that the American Viewer, Reader, and Hearer cannot tell the difference between fact and opinion. It is further my belief that Big Media understands this, and exploits it. This is what agenda driven Talking Heads do, and they're very good at it.
from the mind of... Eric | 7:32 PM
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