The Gulf oil spill was 2010’s biggest story, so when David Barstow walked into a Houston hotel for last December’s hearings on the disaster, he wasn’t surprised to see that the conference room was packed. Calling the hearing to order, Coast Guard Captain Hung Nguyen cautioned the throng, ‘We will continue to allow full media coverage as long as it does not interfere with the rights of the parties to a fair hearing and does not unduly distract from the solem-nity, decorum, and dignity of the proceedings.
Thursday, September 29th, 2011
True Enough
Author: JOHN SULLIVAN
Source: Columbia Journalism Review
Publication Date: May / June 2011
Link: True Enough
Source: Columbia Journalism Review
Publication Date: May / June 2011
Link: True Enough
Stephan: This is an excellent assessment of a very disturbing trend, the rise of the sensoid, and the decline of real journalism. The effect on the country can be seen every day. The signal-to-noise ratio is now so bad that you can listen to hours of television and collect at best a handful of facts.
Thanks to Henry Reed, PhD.