Jon Stewart Commits Journalism- June 3, 2008 Hmmmmm... Stewart asks some good questions. And he's obviously familiar with the rhetoric beat. And, again, he offers the best media criticism in television. Tags: journalism, rhetoric, politicshttp://rhetorica.net/archives/006804.html What Is News- June 2, 2008 It's a simple-sounding question: What is news But ask a journalist. Ask 2. Ask 100. What you'll get is a hash of answers. And don't bother looking to the textbooks for help. They are no help at all. Of the textbooks I've used and am familiar with (long-standing texts in multiple editions), not one manages a definition of news that isn't at its foundation a tautology. Some definitions are at least honest--admissions that news is what journalists say it is. An agreed-upon definition might...http://rhetorica.net/archives/006803.html |