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   From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "Ed Huntress"  wrote in message   
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   >   
   > I don't think it's the education as much as a traditional background   
   > in journalism. I started as an editor for the only trade magazine in   
   > history that won the National Magazine Award outright (American   
   > Machinist, 1969). We took accuracy *very* seriously. At least three   
   > editors read everything before it was published, and the first two   
   > were responsible for checking facts.   
      
   That was part of your OJT education. The chemistry profs told us that   
   college only prepared us to understand the lessons we would hear on   
   the job.   
      
   > The crap on the Internet is not written by journalists. They may be   
   > educated, but they have never absorbed the ethics and discipline of   
   > the business. They all want to be pundits, where anything goes.   
   > Ed Huntress   
      
   Watching big-name reporters interview politicians clearly reveals   
   which were popularly chosen as leaders. There isn't a single network   
   newsperson I'd vote onto the town's budget committee.   
      
   We see them here during the NH Primary debates. So far I've managed to   
   stay off camera by prompting the reporters to share their own opinions   
   and pretending to care what they think.   
      
   This last election the photographers seem to have switched from Banana   
   Republic beige to North Face black for their distinctive uniform. Or   
   maybe I don't see them often enough to keep up. All black or black +   
   jeans was the tribal costume for backstage personnel when I was in   
   theatre.   
   jsw   
      
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