Sam Seder: The Decline of American Journalism

[GoLeft TV]

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With all of the attention that Rupert Murdoch has been getting in the last few weeks over the News of the World hacking scandal, one element has been left out of the discussion – that is how people like Murdoch have helped destroy the journalism profession. Thanks to today’s 24-hour news cycle and soft journalists, it has become increasingly difficult to find honest reporting that isn’t the result of management’s ideology. Sam Seder talks about the decline of American journalism with Jay Rosen, professor of Journalism at NYU.

[ChandlerJr]

1. Apparently Seder and Rosen aren't familiar with

Pulitzer and Hearst and the Yellow Journalism of 100 years ago if they think this is anything shockingly new.

It's a shame that today's "pundits" haven't taken the time to educate themselves.

[nashville_brook]

2. as professor of Journalism at NYU, i betcha Jay Rosen's heard of yellow journalism.

i'm just guessing, though.

[ChandlerJr]

3. You would certainly hope so

But it doesn't sound like it. Murdoch is an amateur next to Pulitzer and Hearst.

Citizen Kane was almost a documentary.