Journalism

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Course Description: Intensive examination of ethical and policy issues arising from interaction of media institutions (print, film, broadcasting, and new technologies) and societal institutions (Congress, federal agencies, courts, Presidency, schools, churches, political action groups, advertisers, and audiences).

About the Professor:
Jim Newton is editor-at-large of the Los Angeles Times. He serves as a member of The Times’ editorial board, advises on editorial matters and writes and edits for the editorial page and Op-Ed. Previously, he served as editor of the editorial pages, supervising the editorial board and overseeing its work as well as the Op-Ed page, Sunday Opinion and letters to the editor.

A 20-year veteran of the Los Angeles Times, he has worked as a reporter, editor and bureau chief and has covered, among other beats, the Los Angeles Police Department, the administration of Mayor Richard Riordan, federal law enforcement and state and local politics.

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Or have they confused those principles as being purchasable by whomever they work for and that person’s political affiliations?

Or is it more ‘just human nature’ to interject personal opinion into what you perceive as fact to the public as fact?

The answer is obvious. But you have to remember, much of what people think of as "news" is really more like "infotainment". Do you consider anyone on "The Today Show", "Fox and Friends" or "Good Morning America" a journalist, or what they do as reporting the news? So of course they can interject whatever they want. As for someone like Katie Courek, what she does definitely crosses the line, as do many opinion or analysis pieces in papers like the New York Times and Washington Post that are printed as if they are new articles.