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The Hutchins Commission named this mission of journalism as "an essential obligation of the craft, second only to telling the truth." (Kovach & Rosenstiel, 165)
An example... A place open to public expression and assembly Public forums are protected by the First Amendment o "no law...abridging the freedom of speech...or the right of the people to peaceably assemble"
We encourage COMPROMISE!
The Process
Journalists report news and information People start thinking Public reacts Community is filled with public voice Public voice is heard by people in power People in power understand and act on public opinion
Truthful, factual and verified Must be for all parts of community Must include broad areas of agreement, where most of the public resides and solutions can be found Remember that democracy is built on compromise Journalist is the mediator
Wikipedia
Citizen watching over citizen-produced content Factual errors inserted by one user will be corrected by another Not journalism
Wiki vs. EB
Argument Culture
Talk is cheap.
Expertise is devalued.
Paul McCartney?
Dick Clark?
Nature of discussion.
Worries
Communications revolution is more about delivering news than gathering it. By 2006, only one talk show attempted to check its facts and correct them during the program- ESPN sports show.
Worries
Used to be debate..... ....by 2004 it was corrupted. ...by 2005 it was shut down. Crossfire Syndrome: First builds a small passionate following but shouting matches over time tend to alienate the larger public. Jon Stewart on Crossfire
So What?
"Technology did not create the attitudes of those who participate" (Kovach & Rosenstiel, 184). If the "deliverers" don't spend time verifying- assuming that technology frees them of this burden- then we are merely left with cyperspace chatter. Public discourse will turn into noise; debate will cease to educate; the public will be less able to to participate in solutions.
The role of journalists and the forum is not to agitate, but to illuminate.