Dear Media, Please explain yourself
Dear Media,
Please step back for a moment and look at the big picture. Why are you reporting what you are reporting? Please explain that to the public. Write an in-depth article on yourself, who you are, your point of view, and your mission. Make it easy to understand, make it compelling, make it honest. Explain how you can endorse a candidate, but somehow cover that person fairly*. Explain how you do or don't cover everyone's perspective evenly. Write a variety of articles that engages different people with opposite views. Fight for your audience by showcasing your value!
Ps, is there a media outlet that has at least two writers, from opposite perspectives, writing articles on the exact same topic. Here is a view from the left and a view from the right (which is different than one article trying to stay in the middle).
Pss, can you please please please make a law that says "If you call yourself "news", you have to provide references for all factual statements somewhere online. We need to clearly define what is "news" and what is everything else (both have value). For example, in the NYtimes today, an article started, "Never in recent generations has the natural friction between current and past presidents become such a spectacle." This is not a news statement unless there is data behind it, or is confirmed by a variety of experts in this area (no data or expert reports were provided in the article).
*Note: I hate that media outlets endorse candidates. Report the news and let people decide for themselves.
Please step back for a moment and look at the big picture. Why are you reporting what you are reporting? Please explain that to the public. Write an in-depth article on yourself, who you are, your point of view, and your mission. Make it easy to understand, make it compelling, make it honest. Explain how you can endorse a candidate, but somehow cover that person fairly*. Explain how you do or don't cover everyone's perspective evenly. Write a variety of articles that engages different people with opposite views. Fight for your audience by showcasing your value!
Ps, is there a media outlet that has at least two writers, from opposite perspectives, writing articles on the exact same topic. Here is a view from the left and a view from the right (which is different than one article trying to stay in the middle).
Pss, can you please please please make a law that says "If you call yourself "news", you have to provide references for all factual statements somewhere online. We need to clearly define what is "news" and what is everything else (both have value). For example, in the NYtimes today, an article started, "Never in recent generations has the natural friction between current and past presidents become such a spectacle." This is not a news statement unless there is data behind it, or is confirmed by a variety of experts in this area (no data or expert reports were provided in the article).
*Note: I hate that media outlets endorse candidates. Report the news and let people decide for themselves.
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