Trust
The New York Times on the steps taken to increase the readers’ confidence [pdf].
We must be yet stricter about anonymous sources. We must reduce the garden-variety factual errors that corrode our believability. In an ever more complex world, even as we must speak with authority, we must strengthen and better define the boundary between news and opinion.
Media Matters answers with an open letter:
On page 13, we learn that the Times apparently takes “great care” in the editing of stories on subjects characterized as “emotional.” Among those listed are abortion, gun control, the death penalty and gay marriage — all so-called social issues on which you appear to conclude that the paper lapses at times into liberal advocacy. May we suggest that subjects like “war” and “national elections” are “emotional” also? And that “great care” ought to be taken when handling them as well?
[x]#1237 fan woensdag 18 mei 2005 @ 16:08:25
