{"id":70,"date":"2006-11-21T01:32:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-21T07:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adrianmonck.com\/?p=70"},"modified":"2006-11-21T01:32:00","modified_gmt":"2006-11-21T07:32:00","slug":"reuters-institute-launch-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adrianmonck.com\/about\/2006\/11\/reuters-institute-launch-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Reuters Institute launch 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>No sign yet of a language guide to go alongside the ethics statement<\/a> at Al Jazeera<\/b>. But, searching their archive of print stories online, they have reported a suicide bombing<\/b><\/i> at Netanya in Israel as a bomber has blown himself up<\/b><\/i> – which to me implies incompetence<\/b> rather than intentionality<\/b>. In the same report they referred to human bombing<\/b><\/i>. They are however using the term suicide bomber<\/b><\/i> in the context of violence in Iraq, which seems inconsistent. <\/p>\n

It was a little unexpected last night to hear Helen Boaden<\/b> and Len Downie<\/b>, thoughtful people both, give such positive views of Fox News<\/b>. Maybe sympathy is the revenge of the liberal media. Downie described FNC president Roger Ailes<\/b> as a political consultant who knew how to put on ‘a show,’ – well, it sounded like praise when he said it!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Boaden referred to FNC’s high trust<\/b> ratings amongst Republicans (probably referring to the box right from Pew<\/a>), and the possibility that it did in fact live up to its motto: We Report. You Decide<\/i>. Personally I don’t like trust. If it was relabelled credulity<\/b>, we wouldn’t feel half so smug about it. And Fox is an entertaining watch, and Boaden was right that British media professionals can be smug and naive about America and Americans, but I think Fox raises many more questions…still that’s another blog.<\/p>\n

As for the news, I think the Reuters Institute<\/a> will have its work cut out. Here are some of my favourite questions, and I’m sure you have many more besides:<\/p>\n

*Can we be relied on to get informed via the news?
*Should we incentivize citizens to become informed?
*Does democracy require an ‘informed’ public?
*Is ‘accountability journalism’ a public service?
*What space should a democratic media give to anti-democratic voices?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That’s the first lecture sorted.<\/p>\n\n

Postscript:<\/i> There ought to be a rule about bloggers sitting next to one another. But for an alternative perspective, you can read Glenda Cooper<\/b>‘s account of last night’s proceedings here<\/a>. And, despite my own Gilligan-esque slackness, she took notes in real shorthand. And the picture is St Anne’s<\/a>, where Tim Gardam<\/b>, who helped bring the Reuters Institute into being, is Principal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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