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... objective ? Should it be ? If you ask most people what's wrong with the press , the common answer is that journalists fail in their obligation to be fair or objective . ( Recall the survey results reported in chapter 1. ) The bias ...
... objective ? Should it be ? If you ask most people what's wrong with the press , the common answer is that journalists fail in their obligation to be fair or objective . ( Recall the survey results reported in chapter 1. ) The bias ...
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... OBJECTIVE REPORTING DOES NOT WORK " If only the press would be more objective . . . ” In this wishful view of the political world , the norms and practices of the news business are seldom seen as sources of trouble . To the contrary ...
... OBJECTIVE REPORTING DOES NOT WORK " If only the press would be more objective . . . ” In this wishful view of the political world , the norms and practices of the news business are seldom seen as sources of trouble . To the contrary ...
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... objective reporting , their normative purposes come into play . As the above list indicates , practices and nor- mative purposes are so closely connected in everyday usage that it is tempting to think that the practices were , in fact ...
... objective reporting , their normative purposes come into play . As the above list indicates , practices and nor- mative purposes are so closely connected in everyday usage that it is tempting to think that the practices were , in fact ...
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CHAPTER 1WHATS NEWS? THE CONSTRUCTION CHAP | 1 |
MESSAGES | 37 |
Personalized News | 48 |
Copyright | |
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