Dealing with the Press

From: Dwight K. Elvey <dwight.elvey_at_amd.com>
Date: Tue Oct 28 12:34:21 2003

>From: "Chad Fernandez" <fernande_at_internet1.net>
>
>evan wrote:
>> In fact, local newspapers are still the
>> heart of American journalism, and most do a superb at
>> covering their regions and small towns, in a way that
>> the AP or CNN never will be able to do.
>
>In my local paper they get stuff wrong all the time. Many times they
>don't spell correctly, either.

Hi
 I thought I might add that our local newspaper also creates
many contrived stories. Although it would seem to the general
reader that they were getting better coverage, most of the
stories are misleading. Almost all of the quotes are taken
from context and were not even originally spoken in terms
of the created story. It is called freedom of the press.
I tend to call it fraud.
 I don't consider fiction as useful information regardless
of how close to home it is or what cause it promotes.
Dwight

>
>> There were other comments that are really wrong.
>> "Don't look them straight in the eye" is just silly.
>
>That post was a bit confusing, but it wasn't talking about not looking
>the reporter in the eye. It was talking about not looking the crazy
>collector in the eye. I think it was Sellem that followed that up with
>chewing his way through a fence to get to a computer.
>
>I don't think anyone here thinks 100% of the press are idiots. It's
>just that the majority were English/Journalism majors, so they have a
>background very far removed from the background of most list members.
>
>Chad Fernandez
>Michigan, USA
>
>
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