TV journalism related links
PBS.org: 'I Am Not in the Entertainment Business' and Other Rules of MacNeil/Lehrer Journalism
Quotes:
* Do nothing I cannot defend.
* Cover, write and present every story with the care I would want if the story were about me.
* Assume there is at least one other side or version to every story.
* Assume the viewer is as smart and as caring and as good a person as I am.
* Assume the same about all people on whom I report.
* Assume personal lives are a private matter, until a legitimate turn in the story absolutely mandates otherwise.
* Carefully separate opinion and analysis from straight news stories, and clearly label everything.
* Do not use anonymous sources or blind quotes, except on rare and monumental occasions.
* No one should ever be allowed to attack another anonymously.
* And, finally, I am not in the entertainment business.
Ah. No wonder the PBS newshour doesn't top the ratings.
Also:
YouTube:"Climate Change -- Those hacked e-mails." "Now that the conspiracy theorists have blown off steam, it's time for a more sober analysis of those e-mails and what they mean."
Quotes:
* Do nothing I cannot defend.
* Cover, write and present every story with the care I would want if the story were about me.
* Assume there is at least one other side or version to every story.
* Assume the viewer is as smart and as caring and as good a person as I am.
* Assume the same about all people on whom I report.
* Assume personal lives are a private matter, until a legitimate turn in the story absolutely mandates otherwise.
* Carefully separate opinion and analysis from straight news stories, and clearly label everything.
* Do not use anonymous sources or blind quotes, except on rare and monumental occasions.
* No one should ever be allowed to attack another anonymously.
* And, finally, I am not in the entertainment business.
Ah. No wonder the PBS newshour doesn't top the ratings.
Also:
YouTube:"Climate Change -- Those hacked e-mails." "Now that the conspiracy theorists have blown off steam, it's time for a more sober analysis of those e-mails and what they mean."