How "balanced journalism" helped the climate change deniers

(Blog Post) ... this is one case where the "media norms" may prove catastrophic, maybe not for me but for my children and eventual grandchildren. Several media critics -- but most notably journalism guru Jay Rosen from NYU -- have been focusing on the dangers of a kind of mindless "he said, she said" journalism that rules inside-the-Beltway reporting, sometimes to trivial effect but sometimes with great consequence, on topics like the financial crisis. But climate ... Full Story »

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by Patricia L'Herrou - Apr. 24, 2009

this piece points out tthat he type of so-called 'neutral' journalism a pretense that all viewpoints are of equal validity, ignoring where the facts lie, is at the heart of a message to the public which stood in the way of changing the on-going damage to our climate. journalism here. it needs to be read in conjunction with the story mentioned here in the nyt.

that type of journalism is a primary reason i joined newstrust 3 years ago.

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