Deja vu all over again
Don't think the news media's coverage of the presidential election has been very good? Join the club. And you'll find some surprising companions. The Committee of Concerned Journalists polled its membership on the performance of the press this fall. The result: 69% graded the news media a C, D or F.
"By large majorities they feel the news media has become sidetracked by trivial issues, has been too reactive and has focused too much on the inside baseball that doesn't really matter to voters, according to the survey.
"They give particularly low grades to television, be it local, cable or network, and much higher grades to newspapers and online coverage."
The particularly distressing piece of this is that journalists complain about these tendencies year after year without seeing much improvement.
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"The particularly distressing piece of this is that journalists complain about these tendencies year after year without seeing much improvement."
Would it be more accurate to say that journalists continue to complain year after year without actually doing much to improve coverage?
I have my opinions about the sloppy, uninformed work that passes for political reporting, but I don't have the advantage of your perspective. Where, in your opinion, does fault lie?
Posted on October 21, 2004 8:50 PM