Monday, August 11, 2008
The Media - NOT covering the "news"
Here's a media person's opinion of how the media handled the John Edward's issue.
I can agree with some, but not all, of it. After all, he is a media person, and therefore, in my opinion, prejudiced in some way so as not to alienate himself from his profession.
To me, he is clearly a moderator; NOT an investigative reporter...
I can agree with some, but not all, of it. After all, he is a media person, and therefore, in my opinion, prejudiced in some way so as not to alienate himself from his profession.
To me, he is clearly a moderator; NOT an investigative reporter...
Howard Kurtz writes in the Washington Post:
"The whispered allegations about John Edwards were an open secret that was debated in every newsroom and reported by almost none.
The story of Edwards's affair with a former campaign aide became so widely known -- what a Slate blogger called 'undernews' -- that by last week there seemed little point in the mainstream media gatekeepers' keeping it isolated outside their moat. And yet, even as some national news organizations tried halfheartedly to confirm the tawdry tale, they ignored it in public -- wary of the National Enquirer, of Edwards's dismissal of 'tabloid trash,' of wading once again into the swamp of sexual scandal without definitive proof.
By early last week, journalists were in the awkward position of refusing to report on explosive allegations that were almost certain to knock the former North Carolina senator out of the Democratic convention. They were in a box of their own making, one that came to feel airtight and uncomfortable."
