Goal of journalism should be to speak to citizens

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Ronda Hauben <ronda () panix com>
Date: April 17, 2006 1:45:30 PM EDT
To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Cc: Ronda Hauben <ronda () panix com>
Subject: Goal of journalism should be to speak to citizens


Hi Dave

There was a wonderful panel at Columbia U on Friday about the nature  
of journalism. I wrote an article summarizing the panel for OhmyNews  
that I thought folks on IP would find of interest.

Business Wrong Model for Journalism
Goal of journalism should be to speak to citizens
http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp? 
article_class=5&no=2862
31&rel_no=1

It include Charles Glass, Seymour Hersh, Robert Fisk and John Pilger.

"The last speaker on the panel was Seymour Hersh. He described how  
people in the U.S. are stuck in a unique situation with their  
president. While part of the problem is that when someone writes good  
stuff, they can't get it in the press, he saw the American crisis as  
the collapse of all institutions. This included journalism, the  
Congress, the federal bureaucracy, and the military. "Constitutional  
government in the U.S. is in trouble," explained Hersh. He proposed  
that instead of seeking a constitutional amendment on abortion, there  
is a need for a constitutional amendment for a Parliamentary  
government so there could be snap elections. The audience applauded  
this suggestion."

Hopefully there will be a video available on Columgia's web site of  
the whole panel discussion later in the week.


Ronda



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