Sunday, November 19, 2017

sticking up for journalism

I am a fan of The Guardian. On the whole, it is my go-to source of world news not least because it seems to espouse journalistic values I appreciate. Remember "the other side of the story?" The Guardian ain't pitch-perfect, but at least it tries.

Currently, there is a "long read" (and be forewarned, it is long) by The Guardian's editor-in-chief, Katherine Viner: "A Mission for Journalism in a Time of Crisis."

For the newsies who read this site, I recommend her essay as a nice assessment of news in our times ... or perhaps news whose underpinnings I approve of. It made me feel good in a time when feel-good is alternatively too easy to come by or too incredibly difficult to find.
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1 comment:

  1. olcharlieNovember 19, 2017 at 11:55 AM

    I dimly recall Jefferson talking a friend into starting a newspaper to attack Alexander Hamilton. Whatever the intentions, the press has always been a tool of power, whether defending or attacking the alpha dog.

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