How reporters are biased
“In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs for ever and ever.”
–Oscar Wilde
Social psychologists have confirmed that cognition is an important ingredient in how information is perceived. They have found that perceptions can be swayed relatively easily by racial stereotypes, body language, facial expressions, previous bias (1), and self [...]
The structure of the anointed
“If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: ’President Can’t Swim.’”
–Lyndon B. Johnson
Part of the problem with the press is the constructed dichotomy wherein the self-appointed “watchdogs” believe themselves to be the most capable to fulfill the role of [...]
How the news media manipulate news as a normal part of business
“It’s a bizarre world where flacks are more vigilant than reporters
when it comes to trying not to mislead readers.”
– JOHN COOK, Gawker
“The Spitzer Files: How the New York Times and the Press Serviced Client No. 9”
The American Left’s favorite punching bag – Sarah Palin [...]
I generally loathe the winter holidays; winter in general, in fact. I prefer with no exceptions 105-degree weather over any day with a temperature below 60. And winter in Reno is bizarrely unpredictable. We can have more than a foot of snow one day and be wearing shorts in 60-degree sun the next. In the [...]
I vividly remember my journalism professor tell us undergrads in the early ‘90s that news reporting was the business of alcoholics. Meaning: The profession tends to have a disproportionate number of those who imbibe adult beverages far too often.
What reminded me of this was reading the local weekly (online) yesterday. The editor wrote a stunning [...]
December 11, 2009
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