The Worst News of the Day -- Many Days
I’m floored.
I’m thinking that the riots ain’t nuthin’ as compared to this potential outcome of the CBS, NY/LAT, Newsweak lame, et al ad nauseum debacles. Combined with our suicidal negligence as regards the education necessary to distinguish a Citizen from that sub-human gaping maw of a disposal machine, a Consumer.
43% of the public says the press has too much freedom, while only 3% of journalists agree
...22% [of the public] say the government should be allowed to censor the press.
...Half of [high schoolers] said they thought newspapers should not be able to publish stories without government approval.
This woeful, criminal ignorance is how the Great Experiment will fail.
ThanQ! Lloyd Briggs
If you are talking about the UConn Poll, I wanted to take a more in depth look. Here is what I found:
The press in America has too much freedom: Journalists - 3% Agree Public - 43% AgreePercentage of public who mildly or strongly agree with the statement “The news media tries to report the news without bias”: 61%
Newspapers should be allowed to publish freely without government approval: Journalists - 95% Strongly Agree Public - 55% Strongly Agree
Rate how well the media fulfills the responsibility of reporting information accurately: Journalists - 72% Excellent or Fair Public - 39% Excellent or Fair
News stories that rely on unnamed sources should not be published: Journalists - 14% Strongly or Mildly Agree Public - 59% Strongly or Mildly Agree
The percentage of journalists who strongly or mildly agree that using confidential sources is essential (my emphasis) to reporting: 76%
Favor strongly proposed legislation that would protect journalists from being required to disclose confidential sources in court: Journalists - 70% Public - 32%
Approve or dissaprove of Court’s ruling that journalists are required to reveal sources at grand jury investigations: Journalists - 67% Strongly Dissaprove Public - 57% Strongly or Mildly Approve
Posted by The Unchosen One on 05/18/05 at 06:12 AMI think the presence of opinions like that mean the Great Experiment has already failed—at least for this generation.
Posted by on 05/20/05 at 06:07 AM
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