tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377722265453627416.post4811201642046330457..comments2023-10-04T03:49:15.384-06:00Comments on Environmental Journalism Now: A Large Majority of Americans are Worried About Global WarmingCEJ Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04017381382025138213noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377722265453627416.post-83165875115227025202009-06-01T04:27:38.040-06:002009-06-01T04:27:38.040-06:00Abolutely agreed with the poll result.
Greetings....Abolutely agreed with the poll result.<br /><br />Greetings.LEZEE.COMhttp://www.lezee.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377722265453627416.post-46706934778733415982007-03-20T23:27:00.000-06:002007-03-20T23:27:00.000-06:00I am not surprised about those poll results. Based...I am not surprised about those poll results. Based on my experience, reporters are actually prevented from giving readers the information they need. I recently wrote a story about an adoption bill, which included a quote from an opponent to the effect that research shows that a child can be harmed if raised by cohabitating parents as opposed to married parents. The research does, in fact, bear out that assertion, which is not controversial as an academic matter. Yet my editor struck the paragraph in which I briefly summarized the extensive research, explaining that the paper "can't get into the business of trying to explain whether a politician's view of the facts is correct."<BR/><BR/>Journalism today is, in my view, driven almost exclusively by the relentless pressure for ad dollars and the equally strong pressure to reduce the amount of space devoted to news, especially "hard" news.<BR/><BR/>I am not an optimist about the future of American journalism. Too few people know what journalism is, or care, and the increasing reliance by many people on blogs as a news source is undermining circulation and readership numbers.<BR/><BR/>We are, I think, well on the way to a return to the "yellow journalism" days of the late 19th century. And the public not only doesn't care, the public likes it that way. Entertainment is what they want, not knowledge.Henry B Laceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06731426316897942430noreply@blogger.com