The media in the media
A small round up from this weeks news about the way the media are developing.
The New York Times apologizes for its coverage on Iraq:
[W]e have found a number of instances of coverage that was not as rigorous as it should have been. In some cases, information that was controversial then, and seems questionable now, was insufficiently qualified or allowed to stand unchallenged. Looking back, we wish we had been more aggressive in re-examining the claims as new evidence emerged – or failed to emerge.
The Economist looks at the credible shrinking paper:
TABLOID newspapers in many countries are full of topless women, celebrity gossip and xenophobia. But they also boast another attraction: women and younger people find their smaller pages easier to manage, especially on public transport. Broadsheets that usually look down on tabloids are now rushing to downsize:
The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press says that Bush has had it too easy.
Roughly half of journalists at national media outlets (51%), and about as many from local media (46%), believe that journalism is going in the wrong direction, as significant majorities of journalists have come to believe that increased bottom line pressure is “seriously hurting” the quality of news coverage.
“Ein zentrales journalistisches Motiv für die Beobachtung anderer Medien ist das Bestreben, die Anschluss- und Konkurrenzfähigkeit der eigenen Berichterstattung beim Publikum sicherzustellen.”
[x]#580 fan zaterdag 29 mei 2004 @ 00:00:03
