COMM ST 10 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-9: Watergate Scandal, Pulitzer Prize For Explanatory Reporting, Citizen Journalism
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Losing the news notes: the iron core. Iron core: mass of each day"s serious reported news, information that is the center of a functioning democracy. Editorials and opinions are derived from the core. Opinion writers pick from the core to find facts to further an argument or advance a policy agenda outside core b/c commentary and personal observation. Ex) news from abroad, coverage of the war in iraq to articles describing the effort to save national parks in mozambique, news of politics. Iron ball includes aggregation of accountability news : form of news that holds govt and those with power accountable. Essential food supply of democracy and without this, democracy will weaken. Core is enveloped by a thick layer of talk and opinion. Conversation takes place on editorial pages and in opinion columns, radio shows, etc. Iron core is in jeopardy because of the troubles of newspapers, provide majority of iron core news.
