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2006-04-03 Home Front: Culture Wars

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Posted by tipper 2006-04-03 03:41|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Listen to Dogs,
I think you missed the gist of the article.
The sub line was what it was about:
"How opinion journalism could change the face of the news."

Posted by tipper 2006-04-03 10:07|| 2006-04-03 10:07|| Front Page Top

#2 "Objectivity" was an artifact of the two world wars (the government had a monopoly on all of the lead stories and if the news outlets didn't self-censor, the government would cut off all access) and the fair time doctrine (which died when it became apparent that cable, satellite, etc were providing more than enough bandwidth for everyone to express his opinion). Before WWI all newspapers were partisan. The pendulum has swung back to where it was a century ago.

The bi-partisan consensus is dead. Long live rancorous debate.

Posted by 11A5S 2006-04-03 10:33|| 2006-04-03 10:33|| Front Page Top

#3 ltd ot? oh no.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-04-03 10:49|| 2006-04-03 10:49|| Front Page Top

#4 Someone has advocated the EXPLICIT return of newsmedia to partisian support, like in France, where newspapers are explicitly labelled left and right wing.

Lefties seek for, and thrive, in environments with default assumptions, one of which is that the media are impartial. Declaring themselves is like the vampire coming out into the sunlight...

Posted by Ptah">Ptah 2006-04-03 12:42|| http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]">[http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2006-04-03 12:42|| Front Page Top

#5 11A5S, yes pre-WW1 all papers were partisan but the news groups such as AP and Rueters were strictly non-partisan in order to sell their stories to as many of those partisan papers as possible. So international news generally was non-partisan.

Posted by rjschwarz 2006-04-03 18:58|| 2006-04-03 18:58|| Front Page Top

#6 Plus ca change, plus ca reste la meme.

Posted by Thinemp Whimble2412 2006-04-03 19:46|| 2006-04-03 19:46|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Listen to Dogs 2006-04-03 04:42|| 2006-04-03 04:42|| Front Page Top

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