The Praetorian Times
September 2011
6 posts
“Rather than ripping news outlets for “slanting” the news—as Groseclose and the other bias-hunters do—I prefer to blame news consumers for journalism’s deficiencies: Readers and viewers aren’t as critical about their favorite news outlets as they should be, except to complain that the New York Times isn’t as liberal as it should be or that Fox has failed to terminate the career of Barney Frank. My cure for this kind of credulousness is simple: Have readers and viewers expand the range of news sources they consume, embracing the whole SQ spectrum from liberal to centrist to conservative to “off the wing.”
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Jack Shafer (via soupsoup)
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Ideal, but not gonna happen. Not to mention a bit elitist. We should be wary of what our audience wants and take the time to be cautious of how we give it to them. Simply putting up what we want and expecting them to expand their sources is irresponsible and reckless.
