Posted by Katy Grimes at 8:23 pm on Aug 17, 2014 Comments Off on The News Crisis: Entertainment, Activism, and No Accountability
Every disaster brings with it the predictable hysterical 24/7
news cycle.
The OJ Simpson trial of 1995 was a classic example of the news
media turning the trial into a circus. The pundits and commentators
described everyday’s events like a football game,
notedGerald
Uelmen,Santa Clara professor of law, and co-counsel for
the defense in the O.J. Simpson trial.
The entertainment factor won out over reporting events.
”Once they came to a conclusion as to the appropriate
outcome, they tended to attach greater weight to the evidence
supporting that outcome and lesser weight to the evidence
undercutting it,” Uelmen said. “We all wear tinted lenses, but we
don’t all wear blinders.”
News rooms of the Left
Today, entire newspapers and newsroomsact likearms
of theleft, while still claiming to be unbiased. A friend in
the newspaper business for 40 years slightly disagreed with my
assessment, and explainedmost of them aren’t purposely
left-biased in the sense that they deliberately and consciously
distort. He said,… Read More