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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
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Posted: Sat Jun 29 23:49:38 1985
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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.

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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...
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