JOUR 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Acronym, Federal Communications Commission, Crossword
7 Sep 2016
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Abc, nbc, cbs original main three, broadcast news: signal goes through the airways, pipeline signal is that cable. Broadcast stations are truly for the public owned by the public: leased and governed by the federal communications commission. Journalism is a set of transparent, independent procedures aimed at gathering, verifying and reporting truthful information of consequence to citizens in democracy principals of american journalism craft chap. Make our own definition: doesn"t have to be in a democracy, doesn"t have to be independent, doesn"t have to be a citizen , not just to the audience, but also from the audience. Citizens have a right and responsibility: not always of consequence, not always informational; some entertainment. Crossword puzzle in the newspaper: not always truthful. Good journalism is: not always transparent or independent. If it"s not going to be independent it should be transparent. Stories that aren"t written for the public, but they are written for the cause.
