Comments on: “Journalists have to stop pretending to be pure and neutral and bloodless and unbiased” – Charles Beckett, yesterday

By: maws

maws — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 01:14:28 +0000

bendy bus boris meets biased journalist out for blood:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j12VvolRMs

By: ciccio

ciccio — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:49:25 +0000

I am not sure if the topic came up, but to me it sounds like Mr. Beckett was dealing with the subject of ‘political correctness.’

I am posting a link below to quotes about the topic.

The quotes are self explanatory.

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/political_correctness.html

By: ciccio

ciccio — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:41:52 +0000

In reply to Peter F. The whole lot of them. And they did not need this lecture. They are all Labour leaning, and it shows.

By: C Borg

C Borg — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:39:21 +0000

In reply to Catherine. Catherine the real news is questioning everything and reporting everything, not what suits you or your opinion.

By: beingpressed

beingpressed — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:05:53 +0000

In reply to Andre' Vella. Joseph?

By: Catherine

Catherine — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:20:51 +0000

In reply to c Borg.

“otherwise they should just report the real news”…like a fact sheet? Is that what you want? With no one around to even ask (1) if these facts are in fact facts and (2) whether these facts are right (by right i refer to the moral dimension of every human situation).

It’s amazing to think the Berlin Wall ever came down (just as an example), when human beings have the capacity to think this way.

By: TL

TL — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:48:33 +0000

In reply to Andre' Vella. Just checking: what about those in the NET newsroom?

By: Alexander Ball

Alexander Ball — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:41:25 +0000

In reply to Peter F. Or how many asked questions instead of only taking notes.

By: rc

rc — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:25:08 +0000

Completely agree. I would rather see a labour sympathiser grill PN politicians and vice versa. That way, you are (somewhat) assured that whether consciously or not, the journalists are not giving their subjects an easy time just because they happen to be on the same side.

To do that effectively, it needs to be well known what the journalist’s views are.

By: Min Jaf

Min Jaf — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:29:00 +0000

Ghandek cans!

The performance of journalists attending televised media conferences in the lead up to the general election consistently showed their inability or unwillingness to dig deep into any matter at issue.

The situation is further aggravated by editors selectively failing to publish certain reports, or to sanitize or skew their intended message, in furtherance of political ends.