Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Eric, No matter what, if you rely on each and every news piece to be perfect, you are asking too much of human beings. News is called history on the run for a reason. They are running to get it in! It's partially the fault of the owners because: 1) They don't staff media outlets adequately to take the time to do news properly. 2) They don't pay well - in fact in the U.S. journalism students are THE WORST paid college graduates. Why do you think I'm not doing it any more? It was the best job I ever had! 3) It's physically impossible to get everything right without peer review. We do it where I work, and after weeks and weeks and months and months of reviews, it's still not perfect. That's where this quote tells "the truth" we all need to understand when we pick up a newspaper: "The theory of a free press is that truth will emerge from free discussion, not that it will be presented perfectly and instantly in any one account." -- Walter Lippmann That is, you have to continually be consuming news if you want to get the facts. You can't just read it in dribs and drabs and expect to be well-infomed. That ran on the masthead of every copy of my employer's paper in Grants Pass, Oregon and on their web page. I've never forgotten it. On Nov 19, 2003, at 2:52 PM, Eric wrote: > So yes, unfortunately, we do stumble > around in the dark about topics of which we don't know. I treat all > news > items as editorial/opinion pieces. In the end, that's what they are Eric Welch Carlsbad, CA http://www.jphotog.com Never kick a cow chip on a hot day. - Will Rogers. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html