Of Palestinians rejoicing

[Doug Millison]

Sorry, but you're dreaming if you think that manstream
newspapers like the NY Times and Washington Post (and
major broadcast news organizations) don't "advance
specific partisan views" as a result of the way they
select, edit, and present news stories and images.  It
is, in fact, impossible to put together a journalistic
narrative without imposing an ideological slant --
from the moment that a reporter chooses to ask this
question or that question, or to quote this person or
that person, or to include this "fact" or that "fact",
all the way through the editing process, reporters,
writers, and editors make judgements that reflect
ideologies.  That the NY Times and Washington Post and
major TV networks don't appear to do this can be
simply explained by noting that their ideological
perspective fits well with the ideological perspective
of a large number of people in the U.S. 

In the past I've taught journalism students and now
I'm teaching my son how to read a variety of
publications - -mainstream and niche -- in order to
put together the widest possible collection of facts
and interpretations, to better put together a balanced
picture of what's going on out there in the world.


> >
> > The point of the highly selected "facts"
> deseminated on this type site is
> > not to provide generally applicable information
> but to advance  specific
> > partisan views. Nothing wrong with that in itself
> but let the buyer
> beware.
> > The New York Times and Washington Post depite
> criticisms one might make
> have
> > of their inclusions and ommisions DO in any case
> provide generally useful
> > informaton with which to think about things
> 


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