Quarta-feira, 17/8/2005
Decline & Fall of Journalists
Julio Daio Borges
It isn't hard to spot what's behind this the erosion of the journalist's image. When Watergate broke, tabloid television wasn't a force and 24-hour cable news (all shouting all the time!) hadn't been invented. As the news media expanded, standards became as varied as the outlets, and the public's respect for the media steadily declined. The damage has been done by everything from gossipy Internet sites where anything passes for news to the Jayson Blair fiasco at The New York Times and CBS's apology for its Dan Rather report on President Bush's National Guard service.
A Gallup poll released last month showed that public confidence in journalism had reached a new low, with television news and newspapers receiving the same dismal number. Only 28 percent of those polled said they had a great deal of confidence in those media.
Caryn James, também no The New York Times (porque é verdade, com a diferença de que não é "culpa" da internet, não).
Julio Daio Borges
17/8/2005 às 08h25
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