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 5/10 Good --- www.poynter.org http://www.poynter.org/media/rss/everyday_ethics.xml
| Updates on ethical decision-making in newsrooms big and small, assembled by Poynter's Kelly McBride and colleagues. ... |
Sunday, December 16, 2007 --- 221 days ago http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=67&aid=134057
| This morning Mitt Romney gave a public speech about religious freedom and being Mormon. I took a handful of phone calls from editors and news directors struggling with their coverage. "If we just broadcast the whole thing live," asked one radio producer in Boston, "isn't that unfair to the other candidates?"
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It is rare for a candidate's speech to be of such interest. Most of the time, running the whole thing isn't even a question, because it would be too boring. But one could argue that Romney's speech is of particular interest and not just to Mormons. Thanks to Romney's prominence, Christians everywhere are debating who gets to call themselves Christians. Believers, politicos... the potential audience for this campaign speech was wide. It's an example of how journalism values collide. If you are serving your audience, you are giving them the information they want and need. To that end, Romney's speech could be worthy of live broadcast and even a reprint in its entirety. Yet if you are committed to fairly covering all the candidates, you have to have some form of accountability. Maybe it's counting up the minutes of broadcast time for each candidate, maybe it's comparing ... |
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