“Rather than ripping news outlets for “slanting” the news—as Groseclose and the other bias-hunters do—I prefer to blame news consumers for journalism’s deficiencies: Readers and viewers aren’t as critical about their favorite news outlets as they should be, except to complain that the New York Times isn’t as liberal as it should be or that Fox has failed to terminate the career of Barney Frank. My cure for this kind of credulousness is simple: Have readers and viewers expand the range of news sources they consume, embracing the whole SQ spectrum from liberal to centrist to conservative to “off the wing.”
(via rubenfeld)
A great interview with Jack Shafer on Reliable Sources about media criticism and having strong journalistic standards.
FJP: His comments about state government sunshine acts are dead on (around 8:00).
(via futurejournalismproject)
