From: RFaussette@aol.com
Date: Thu Apr 03 2003 - 17:31:44 EST
In a message dated 4/3/03 12:39:00 PM Eastern Standard Time,
oleary@sympatico.ca writes:
> Rich, I think you are quite right to see the causes of Mideast troubles
> as complex, but none of this detracts from my observation that media
> ignorance of religion has been costly in recent years.
>
> Many responsible media are trying NOT to repeat the mistake. Journalists
> I respect at the National Post are among them.
>
>
You responded to my post and I was not arguing the point of journalistic
ignorance. I was arguing that items are selectively published. I think I
proved my point with the CANWEST Global example. The only journalist I know
at the National Post is Jeff White. He used to post on the Human Behavior
and Evolution Society list. I was not impressed with him.
The problem is not with garden variety journalists. The problem is with
editorial policy from the top, again, as in my example.
I do not doubt that there are many responsible journalists, but the
increasing centralization of media ownership is leading to the loss of free
speech assisted by the courts and this is happening extensively in both our
countries.
rich
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