Hi,
Am 03.09.2010 10:33, schrieb Oli Usher:
> To be honest, I think anyone who has specialist knowledge in an any area
> (not just science) would find things to criticise in most non-specialist
> news coverage of their area of expertise. I saw journalism described
> once (perhaps on this list?) as the "first rough draft of history".
> First rough drafts are not terribly accurate - but news isn't news if
> it's not new, so it's impossible to run everything by specialists and to
> check every detail. That's the nature of the media - it often drives me
> nuts, but what's the alternative?
So, do you mean to imply that there are no quality differences between
individual pieces? That it is just a matter that scientists are
over-critical an we just have to live with it? But the strange thing is
that teachers and university lecturers have to judge the quality of
student essays regularly, and they do get the impression that some are
better than others, otherwise grading wouldn't really make sense. Why
doesn't this apply to journalistic pieces?
Why is there so much resistance to look at the quality of journalism?
Wouldn't it be time to acknowledge that there is a problem and that
journalism in this country needs significant reforms?
Cheers
Stephan
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Stephan Matthiesen
http://www.stephan-matthiesen.de
Neu auf www.science-texts.de: Oben und unten - Muster des Monats 9/2010
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