Tapsearch Com EditorNews under reporting a major issue
September 21st 2009 19:26
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How the news is reported is a big issue of our times
Ted Diadiun is ombudsman for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, top newspaper in Ohio, and he devoted a large segment of the editorial page section in response to an uproar by readers who claim the paper was not reporting major events as they should. I did not note it immediately because it is routine for not only this paper but across most of major news channels. It is news that puts a leash on people.
A few weeks ago I watched the new movie Battle in Seattle which depicted events during the protests in Seattle in 1999 during a global summit of the WTO and other world globalization and free trade institutions. The protest turned ugly and the National Guard was called in. Anyway the movie ends as if the protestors won the fight. They did not. Further global summits were controlled openly with protestors unable to get close to the center where the meetings are held. No one asks who, when , how, why, what about this as newspapers and other major news channels fail to really pass on this news. None ask if these summits are supported by democratic processes. It certainly is obvious that workers have no voice in the process.
Now, Ted Diadiun defend his newspaper against the outcry related to ACORN and the marches in several cities claiming they are the result of one person being Glen Beck of Fox News channel. In the old days we had what was called yellow journalism where newspapers openly promoted their own causes. Today the news is just under reported or not reported at all. We could call it blank journalism .
Here we have Ted Diadiun writing this - What this newspaper is good for, and what you buy when you plug down your money, is the experience and creditibilty fo the people who gather the news and information you read here everyday, and judgment of the editors who decide what goes into each edition - which almost always forcuses on Northeast Ohio
Here is what rubs me the wrong way. The saying that controls events today is Think Global and act Local. And the Cleveland Plain Dealer editors openly said this - Globalization is here to stay and we will even push it , like it or not. Most major newspapers also use news services which they automatically accept as trustworthy but the services seem to be free to tell a story anyway they want. Most also have a globalization bias.
In the main section of the newspaper on the same day as Ted's response, there was a article on the top of the page on page 5. It is not by a news service but comes from another newspaper source - the Toledo Blade by a Daniel Malloy. The header across the whole top of the page reads On eve of G-20, Obama urges acceptance of globalization
No one at the Plain Dealer wrote this but evidently the partial editors approved it. Daniel Malloy says - Though the protestors' topics range from war to global warming to anarchy, many are concerned about the economy and hold G-20 policies in part responsible for teh global recession. The working class has been hit hardest, they say, but has not benefited from the large bailouts.
I suggest that Ted Diadium reads this and has his paper extend this message from the people using the old journalist tool asking why, what, when , where, how etc. Perhaps then he will see the outrage by the readers are not only about ACORN, the marches or Glen Beck. It is more about the failures of globalization and free trade that not only go unreported but these failures are translated to success stories by an editorial board dedicated to more of the same. What is local or global these days if globalization leads the way.
How the news is reported is a big issue of our times
Ted Diadiun is ombudsman for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, top newspaper in Ohio, and he devoted a large segment of the editorial page section in response to an uproar by readers who claim the paper was not reporting major events as they should. I did not note it immediately because it is routine for not only this paper but across most of major news channels. It is news that puts a leash on people.
A few weeks ago I watched the new movie Battle in Seattle which depicted events during the protests in Seattle in 1999 during a global summit of the WTO and other world globalization and free trade institutions. The protest turned ugly and the National Guard was called in. Anyway the movie ends as if the protestors won the fight. They did not. Further global summits were controlled openly with protestors unable to get close to the center where the meetings are held. No one asks who, when , how, why, what about this as newspapers and other major news channels fail to really pass on this news. None ask if these summits are supported by democratic processes. It certainly is obvious that workers have no voice in the process.
Now, Ted Diadiun defend his newspaper against the outcry related to ACORN and the marches in several cities claiming they are the result of one person being Glen Beck of Fox News channel. In the old days we had what was called yellow journalism where newspapers openly promoted their own causes. Today the news is just under reported or not reported at all. We could call it blank journalism .
Here we have Ted Diadiun writing this - What this newspaper is good for, and what you buy when you plug down your money, is the experience and creditibilty fo the people who gather the news and information you read here everyday, and judgment of the editors who decide what goes into each edition - which almost always forcuses on Northeast Ohio
Here is what rubs me the wrong way. The saying that controls events today is Think Global and act Local. And the Cleveland Plain Dealer editors openly said this - Globalization is here to stay and we will even push it , like it or not. Most major newspapers also use news services which they automatically accept as trustworthy but the services seem to be free to tell a story anyway they want. Most also have a globalization bias.
In the main section of the newspaper on the same day as Ted's response, there was a article on the top of the page on page 5. It is not by a news service but comes from another newspaper source - the Toledo Blade by a Daniel Malloy. The header across the whole top of the page reads On eve of G-20, Obama urges acceptance of globalization
No one at the Plain Dealer wrote this but evidently the partial editors approved it. Daniel Malloy says - Though the protestors' topics range from war to global warming to anarchy, many are concerned about the economy and hold G-20 policies in part responsible for teh global recession. The working class has been hit hardest, they say, but has not benefited from the large bailouts.
I suggest that Ted Diadium reads this and has his paper extend this message from the people using the old journalist tool asking why, what, when , where, how etc. Perhaps then he will see the outrage by the readers are not only about ACORN, the marches or Glen Beck. It is more about the failures of globalization and free trade that not only go unreported but these failures are translated to success stories by an editorial board dedicated to more of the same. What is local or global these days if globalization leads the way.
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