[IP] Goal of journalism should be to speak to citizens
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From: Ronda Hauben <ronda@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: April 17, 2006 1:45:30 PM EDT
To: David Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ronda Hauben <ronda@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Goal of journalism should be to speak to citizens
Hi Dave
There was a wonderful panel at Columbia U on Friday about the nature
of journalism. I wrote an article summarizing the panel for OhmyNews
that I thought folks on IP would find of interest.
Business Wrong Model for Journalism
Goal of journalism should be to speak to citizens
http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?
article_class=5&no=2862
31&rel_no=1
It include Charles Glass, Seymour Hersh, Robert Fisk and John Pilger.
"The last speaker on the panel was Seymour Hersh. He described how
people in the U.S. are stuck in a unique situation with their
president. While part of the problem is that when someone writes good
stuff, they can't get it in the press, he saw the American crisis as
the collapse of all institutions. This included journalism, the
Congress, the federal bureaucracy, and the military. "Constitutional
government in the U.S. is in trouble," explained Hersh. He proposed
that instead of seeking a constitutional amendment on abortion, there
is a need for a constitutional amendment for a Parliamentary
government so there could be snap elections. The audience applauded
this suggestion."
Hopefully there will be a video available on Columgia's web site of
the whole panel discussion later in the week.
Ronda
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