Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site utcs.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcs!shindman From: shindman@utcs.UUCP (Paul Shindman) Newsgroups: net.religion Subject: Re: AP Bias or Error ? Message-ID: <725@utcs.UUCP> Date: Sat, 29-Jun-85 23:49:38 EDT Article-I.D.: utcs.725 Posted: Sat Jun 29 23:49:38 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 30-Jun-85 00:42:43 EDT References: <351@npois.UUCP> <586@cybvax0.UUCP> <508@umcp-cs.UUCP> Reply-To: shindman@utcs.UUCP (Paul Shindman) Distribution: na Organization: University of Toronto - General Purpose UNIX Lines: 34 Summary: In article <508@umcp-cs.UUCP> mangoe@umcp-cs.UUCP (Charley Wingate) writes: > >Media prejudices as to what is newsworthy are very important factors in the >character of the depiction of a group. The fact that reporters are largely >irreligious tends to make one suspect that they will not be too concerned >about the quality of their coverage. > Somehow I don't recall the original posting having to do with the coverage of religious news items, but rather with news coverage in general. In the quasi-circuitous way newsgroups work Wingate is now talking about news coverage of religions and religious viewpoints in the States. Journalism is a very competative profession, and a very competative business. Reporters are in most cases very concerned about the quality of their coverage and the accuracy of their stories (so they don't get fired, sued, or ridiculed), as are their employers (so they keep their ratings up). Implying that personal religious (christian?) conviction is proportional to the quality of news coverage is one helluva non-sequitor. ---------------------- actually...it still strikes me as silly that the right-wingers in the States complain about left-wing bias in the tv networks, yet these same people don't insist on all those "christian" private networks running their own news bureaus and having 6:30 national news reports so that they can get "unbiased" news reporting... -- ----------------- Paul Shindman, U of T Computing Services, Toronto (416) 978-6878 USENET: {ihnp4|decvax}!utcs!shindman BITNET: paulie at utoronto IP SHARP MAIL: uoft