RE: [Leica] BD's Point and Free Speech

["B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

Interesting observation, Frank. But I can honestly say - and I stress
honestly - that in 23 years of reporting for two major American
newspapers, I can only think of ONE time where a story I wrote was
altered because of an editor's or the paper's political/social agenda.
ONE time in 23 years - and I covered allot of controversial stories and
issues.

B. D.

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I think this is very true. Every newspaper article I have read where I
was aware of the facts was clearly biased in the direction of the
opinion of the journalist or the political requirements of the
proprietor of the paper. Because of 30 years of this I do not expect to
ever see unbiased reporting. Freedom of the press does not necessarily
result in accurate reporting IME but it is still MUCH preferable to any
alternative. cheers Frank

>  from:    Tarek Charara <tarek.charara@pix-that-stimulate.com>
>  date:    Thu, 13 Nov 2003 16:36:26
>  to:      leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>  subject: RE: [Leica] BD's Point and Free Speech
> 
> De B. D. Colen <bdcolen@earthlink.net>, le jeudi 13 novembre 2003 ? 
> 09:53 GMT :
> 
> >Marc, the role of the press it not to "protest," but to report.
> 
> B.D.,
> the press also "transmits" information that was not verified by their
staff. Aren't you tired of the crap that is given by government
officials who request to remain anonymous. The ratio of information that
comes from "anonymous" vs. verified information must be 70 to 30. I'm
guessing, of course. When I read the NYT or Time Magazine, I sometimes
feel that the information given is more or less biased. Here (in France)
the situation is that articles can be taken out of a magazine because an
advertiser does not agree with it. I've seen it happen. I've heard (this
is a documentalist friend at a major TV station reporting) that
information has been strongly altered to suit management's political
views.
> 
> Freedom of press? Yes, the press is free to inform, but that doesn't 
> mean that the information is correct or unbiased or even true.
> 
> Tarek
> 
> Tarek Charara
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