Saturday, August 29, 2009
“a deep skepticism of the capacity of citizens to engage in a public discussion”Fantastic post on Public Opinion on the role of the media, and the public, in politics and civic life. The writer is a philosophy lecturer at Flinders Uni, but I have been reading his site for many years for well informed news concerning Adelaide.
“The fortress model is where journalism is criticized by all and in conversation with none; conventions of the craft are defended as first principles; and journalism’s business is information or facts not weighty reflections. That is for professors. Journalism inside the fortress just tells it as it is, interpretation (partisan advocacy) is left to others, and it is agnostic and indifferent to policy outcomes. Therein lies a problem.”
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