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Real v. Fake NewsPrinciples of Journalism
Professor Neil Foote
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Public Journalism - Revisited
Joseph Faina: “Public Journalism is a joke: The case for Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert”
Davis Merrit (Public Journalism and Public Life: 1998) More than just telling the news More than Objectivity Traditional news today: Ineffective for engaging
the public
Journalism a key player in democracy
Information dissemination
Representation
Deliberation
Conflict resolution
Accountability
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Public Journalism: ‘Neo-Modern Paradigm’
Public Journalis
m
SolvingProblems
Resolve Competing
Values
Fostering Public
Debate
Journalism
Investigates
Creates conversation
Generates social
empathy
Encourages accountability
Informs
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‘Public Journalism’
Acknowledge public’s ability to act
Acknowledge the role of self-governance
Role of journalism in promoting ‘foment and agitation’
Today, cable discussions turn into shouting matches
Public turned off by the ‘winners’ v. ‘losers’
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So what should journalists do?
1. Focus on consequencesa) Beyond just who to vote for, which
‘side’ of issue to support
2. Focus on real problem of issuea) More than the ‘horse race’ or
‘political gamesmanship’b) Uncover the overarching themes
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So what should journalists do?
3. Frame issues on whom they affect the most – implications on the community
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Stewart v. Colbert
Comedians or Journalists?
Satirists v. Pundits
Facts v. Opinion
Context v. Regurgitation
Analysis v. Chronicling
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Most Trusted Person in Journalism?
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Humor, Parody, Satire
Humor: ‘Analytical, critical, and rational’
Parody: Mimicry and imitation
Satire: ‘Most overtly political genre’ – scrutinize public behavor
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How ‘Political Satire’ Impacts Us
How we talk about these series issues
Viewers of The Daily Show and Colbert Report better engaged
Bridging the gap between news, politics and journalists
Humor unites – or divides groups
If you don’t like the joke, go elsewhere to find the facts
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Ted Koppel
“They don’t pretend to be journalists…They are doing a better job than the real journalists.”
---Ted Koppel, created ABC’s Nightline/veteran journalist
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On the other side:
“Journalists have a really inconvenient thing they’ve got to go through: a process of trying to [the story] right. … I don’t think journalists should try to get more hip. Journalists have to learn the one lesson which is important, which is to try to get it right.”
- Robert Thompson, director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture at Syracuse University.
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What about these sites?
Fark: http://fark.com
TheOnion: http://theonion.com
FactCheck.org: http://factcheck.org
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The Risks
False information
Confusing
Out of Context
Misleading
Opinionated
Mean-spirited
“Trivialization”
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Journalists must:
Be obligated to the truth
Be obligated to accuracy
Be balanced
Be transparent
Be independent
Hold a forum for public discussion
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Discuss within your groups
Do the Daily Show and The Colbert Report help/hurt journalism?
Explain drawing off the core elements of journalism we’ve discussed to date.