BWHAHAHAHA -- Fox practices "pseudo journalism"

[CatWoman]

The media industry has been infested by the rise of pseudo-journalists who go against journalism's long tradition to serve the public with accurate information, Los Angeles Times Editor John S. Carroll told a packed room in the Gerlinger Lounge on Thursday.

Carroll delivered the annual Ruhl Lecture, titled "The Wolf in Reporter's Clothing: The Rise of Pseudo-Journalism in America." The lecture was sponsored by the School of Journalism and Communication.

"All over the country there are offices that look like newsrooms and there are people in those offices that look for all the world just like journalists, but they are not practicing journalism," he said. "They regard the audience with a cold cynicism. They are practicing something I call a pseudo-journalism, and they view their audience as something to be manipulated."

In a scathing critique of Fox News and some talk show hosts, such as Bill O'Reilly, Carroll said they were a "different breed of journalists" who misled their audience while claiming to inform them. He said they did not fit into the long legacy of journalists who got their facts right and respected and cared for their audiences.

http://www.dailyemerald.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/05/07/409bbfc0d5b00

[pinto]

1. love the title "The Wolf in Reporter's Clothing...."

great pun.

[tom_paine]

2. kick

:kick:

[kentuck]

3. Hit the nail right on the head ---pseudo-journalism....

And "they" would just brush it off....they are being "fair and balanced". That is why they take the liberty to intentionally put in their little bits of bias, so they can "balance" out the news. Of course, they make that subjective decision to be biased and then rationalize that they do it because the other side does it....

[trof]

4. One of Wolf's more annoying tics

Shows some horrendous event and then says "No one was injured, THANK GOD". Is he some kind of fundie?
You don't hear real journalists talking like that.

[AlCzervik]

5. the best line imho

Don't be a piano player in a whorehouse," he said.

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

6. Loved this part of the article:

Carroll had a few words of advice for student journalists; he told them to pick their boss carefully.

"Don't be lured by the money or the big name of the employer," he said, adding that journalists should not allow their integrity to be compromised by unscrupulous employers.

"Don't be a piano player in a whorehouse," he said.

[catzies]

7. A similar speech got Bob Edward "fired" from NPR.

Wonder how long until this guy goes to "spend more time with the family." :D

[prolesunited]

8. I especially enjoyed the end

Carroll had a few words of advice for student journalists; he told them to pick their boss carefully.

"Don't be lured by the money or the big name of the employer," he said, adding that journalists should not allow their integrity to be compromised by unscrupulous employers.

"Don't be a piano player in a whorehouse," he said.

[CatWoman]

9. kinda explains why Fox is so near and dear to Cheney's heart

:D

[DaveSZ]

10. We've known this for some time!

I'm always amused at freepers who spout off "facts" that they've heard from these guys like Hannity.

I was at the dentist recently, and this woman who was working on my teeth said the reason why we didn't find WMDs in Iraq was because of the Clenis.

:)

[AgadorSparticus]

11. moooove over bacon! it is 6 degrees of clenis now.

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