[NU Sports] Re: The Media (was: CFB Postseason...Survey Says...)

[johnadeg at comcast.net]

I recall (I think) that there was a flap at Medill because someone there wanted to put more focus on the electronic media I can't remember what the result was of that, but then I can't remember what I had for lunch. 

John DeGroat
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From: "SjT (Stephen J. Truog)" <sjtruog at yahoo.com>
> > > A cheap shot, but we'll move on for now.:)
> > 
> > No cheap shot.  If the discussion is the demise of the
> > newspaper industry, liberal bias is a factor.  The
> > difference between news and op-ed has blurred, and the
> > overwhelming slant is left.
> 
> Well, a cheap shot to start something ... but also a common misperception. 
> Newspapers were actually far more slanted during their past partisan days where 
> they would openly be aligned with a party or philosophy.
> 
> And like I said, it doesn't really matter what the reporters are - stories are 
> selected by higher-ups, and most newspapers today are owned by large 
> corporations who, if anything, show a right-leaning tendency to the press.
> 
> > In the course of publishing two books on the Civil War, I
> > have been interviewed by newspapers several times by a
> > variety of journalists.  In every case, it was clear within
> 
> It all depends on the person and paper, obviously. But I stand by the broad 
> background journalists need to have (and used to get at Medill - dunno about the 
> new marketing-based approach there yet and how it translates to out-of-Medill 
> requirements).
> 
> In my first job in Michigan (before Google was widespread), we got calls one 
> night at the copy desk for naming all the Supreme Court justices and settling a 
> debate between friends on who had more rushing yards - Emmitt Smith or Barry 
> Sanders.
> 
> Not sure how many in the general public could get those off the top of their 
> head, but 2/3 of the copy desk that night had the answer.:)
> 
> It would be nice if the "Medill F" (for name accuracy) still applied, but with 
> the emphasis on being first instead of being accurate, that has indeed fallen by 
> the wayside (not to mention staff cuts of copy editors).
> 
> GO CATS!!!
> -SjT
> 
> 
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