Journalist Dan Froomkin, fired by the Washington Post for reasons that many still find hard to fathom, nails the state of modern journalism in an interview with NYU media guru Jay Rosen:
And yet “the sense that, if you have a belief that you publicly espouse, you can no longer be fair about reporting a subject is problematic,” Froomkin continued. “Reporters have beliefs, they have values—the key is for them not to let those beliefs affect their reporting. Downie wanted people to disenfranchise themselves.” Besides, Froomkin continued, there are principles that journalists do, and more to the point should, stand for—accountability, transparency, fair play, human rights—and “there’s nothing wrong with journalists wearing those values on their sleeves.”
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Another lib who uses a "higher calling", or "greater good" as his own personal exemption from journalistic standards. Don't worry about it Mr. Froomkin, let your self-righteousness run wild. Journalists today take information, filter it through their own ego, and let the mess spill onto the page.— jmc
The Hate Americans First crowd will never accept accountability. They live in a responsibility-free zone. "Journalists today take information, filter it through their own ego, and let the mess spill onto the page." - A better description of Fox News you could not find...— E.Plebnista- Comment removed.
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- Froomkin and Bunch should start their own media empire and show the world how it's done. You will put Murdoch to shame I'm sure.— WriteWinger
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- During the week I live and work in the D.C. area and read Froomkin daily. I also read the WSJ, Inquirer, Newsweek and The Economist (in addition to several non-political/non-current events mags - yes, I'm a periodical junkie). Truth is that Froomkin is just not that good. His profound sense of self-righteousness and obvious political point of view get in the way of good writing and credibility. He should take a sabbatical and get some counseling in seeing both sides of a political issue. He's still young, so there's hope.— pj katauskas
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- what bill at said— taxmemore
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