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Fox gains an employee

CattleArmy

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Sarah 'Just the Facts, Ma'am' Palin, Hardworking Journo
Posted: 01/23/10
Mia Navarro is a New York Times reporter based in New York

Sarah Palin, who just joined Fox News as a regular commentator, says she wants to "put that journalism degree to work."

Hmm. Exactly what does a journalism degree mean in the case of a politician whose often harsh views of her opponents and of controversial subjects are widely known? (Not to mention someone who has complained that she has been treated unfairly and felt injured by the "elite" media she now joins and has plenty of scores to settle?)

If you're a bleeding heart liberal, or even if you aren't, would you be confident that "Journalist Palin" would represent your own views accurately and fairly after an interview?



Back in the day when I attended journalism school, we were taught how to present the facts, and answer the "what, who, when, where and why," but that wasn't the most important lesson imparted. Above all was the sense of mission in delivering the news to the public in an impartial way so readers and viewers could make informed decisions by themselves.

Of course, journalists often choose the topics they are interested in and the stories they want to cover. That alone makes objectivity an impossible pursuit. But there's such a thing as professionalism, which draws boundaries in pushing personal agendas and imposes ethical responsibilities.

In these times of overnight pundits and bloggers, where everyone and anyone can hang up a shingle claiming to be a journalist, the term has almost become meaningless. Except to the real journalists, whose main job these days, it seems, is trying to distinguish themselves within the "media," and apart from the "Palins" of the world who lay claim to a profession that has been slandered and soiled yet perseveres against all odds.
 

hypocritexposer

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CattleArmy said:
If you're a bleeding heart liberal, or even if you aren't, would you be confident that "Journalist Palin" would represent your own views accurately and fairly after an interview?


Fox said that according to the multiyear deal, Ms Palin will offer political commentary and analysis on the cable channel, as well as Fox’s website, radio network and business cable channel. She also will host occasional episodes of Fox News Real American Stories, a series debuting in 2010 that the network said will feature true inspirational stories about Americans who have overcome adversity.

“Governor Palin has captivated everyone on both sides of the political spectrum and we are excited to add her dynamic voice to the FOX News lineup,” Bill Shine, executive vice-president of programming, said in a statement.
 

Sandhusker

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:roll: What a hypocrite! Mia Marrow harps about reporting "just the facts" impartially in her own biased "report"? Geeeeeeze.

I guess they didn't teach her the difference between a "reporter" and a "commentator". Does she consider herself a "real journalist"?

I wonder if she has the same issues with Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann, Rachael Maddow, etc....

What a putz....
 

Liveoak

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Nicely said CA!!!!! Palin is just going to use FOX to push her own agenda and FOX is just using her as "news" to gain audience. Good factual journalism will have little to do with her "show".

".....the "elite" media she now joins....." That kinda says it all.



CattleArmy said:
Sarah 'Just the Facts, Ma'am' Palin, Hardworking Journo
Posted: 01/23/10
Mia Navarro is a New York Times reporter based in New York

Sarah Palin, who just joined Fox News as a regular commentator, says she wants to "put that journalism degree to work."

Hmm. Exactly what does a journalism degree mean in the case of a politician whose often harsh views of her opponents and of controversial subjects are widely known? (Not to mention someone who has complained that she has been treated unfairly and felt injured by the "elite" media she now joins and has plenty of scores to settle?)

If you're a bleeding heart liberal, or even if you aren't, would you be confident that "Journalist Palin" would represent your own views accurately and fairly after an interview?



Back in the day when I attended journalism school, we were taught how to present the facts, and answer the "what, who, when, where and why," but that wasn't the most important lesson imparted. Above all was the sense of mission in delivering the news to the public in an impartial way so readers and viewers could make informed decisions by themselves.

Of course, journalists often choose the topics they are interested in and the stories they want to cover. That alone makes objectivity an impossible pursuit. But there's such a thing as professionalism, which draws boundaries in pushing personal agendas and imposes ethical responsibilities.

In these times of overnight pundits and bloggers, where everyone and anyone can hang up a shingle claiming to be a journalist, the term has almost become meaningless. Except to the real journalists, whose main job these days, it seems, is trying to distinguish themselves within the "media," and apart from the "Palins" of the world who lay claim to a profession that has been slandered and soiled yet perseveres against all odds.
 

hopalong

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This is the best that the libbies can toss out there??

OMG CA are you really that dense??????

What kind of jhournalisimi is Kieth Olbermnann CA??????????

Get a grip GIRL if this is the best you can offer!!!!FOR shame on you
 

hypocritexposer

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Left leaning Journalism is letting down their audience. Republicans are on average more informed.

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hypocritexposer

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Liveoak said:
hypocritexposer said:
Left leaning Journalism is letting down their audience. Republicans are on average more informed.

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Like Nixon or better yet, Roosevelt? :wink:

Brush it off it you want, but Dems are not being informed, by the left leaning media. They are uneducated on the issues and that is why the Dems are successful in fooling their supporters.

Fortunately the people are waking up.
 

Liveoak

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hypocritexposer said:
Brush it off it you want, but Dems are not being informed, by the left leaning media. They are uneducated on the issues and that is why the Dems are successful in fooling their supporters.

Fortunately the people are waking up.

O.k. hypo, good point! The people are waking up, including the dems!
 

hypocritexposer

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Mostly it is the independents as voters. Democratic Politicians seem to be sleeping soundly.

Tellingly, Obama and his White House advisers are refusing to "wake up." Obama responded to Brown's win as he has to many of his setbacks since assuming office a year ago this week. He blamed his predecessor, George W. Bush.

In an interview on Wednesday with ABC News, Obama said, "People are angry, they are frustrated. Not just because of what's happened in the last year or two years, but what's happened over the last eight years."

Obama argued that the growing unpopularity of his programs is due not to substance, but to style. As he put it, "We were so busy just getting stuff done... that I think we lost some of that sense of speaking directly to the American people about what their core values are and why we have to make sure those institutions are matching up with those values."

Even as Democratic lawmakers are openly expressing misgivings with moving forward in implementing Obama's radical plan to reform the US health care industry, Obama's senior adviser David Axelrod told the media that abandoning the initiative is "not an option."

http://www.carolineglick.com/e/2010/01/the-perils-of-presidential-fai.php


Mainstream Mis-Information

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nAURe_gHC8&feature=player_embedded#
 

CattleArmy

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hopalong said:
This is the best that the libbies can toss out there??

OMG CA are you really that dense??????

What kind of jhournalisimi is Kieth Olbermnann CA??????????

Get a grip GIRL if this is the best you can offer!!!!FOR shame on you

Evidentially you didn't notice the article was about Palin joining fox?

OMG are you that big of ass to already start to insult me when I've just finally had some time to do some posting?
 

hypocritexposer

Well-known member
Palin, 45, drew 3.954 million viewers, more than everything else on other cable new shows combined in the 8 p.m. hour, in her first appearance as an analyst, reports the New York Post.

CNN’s “Campbell Brown” placed second with 999,000 total viewers, MSNBC’s “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” placed third with 906,000 total viewers and HLN’s “Nancy Grace” brought up the rear with 704,000.

http://www.sindhtoday.net/news/1/92841.htm


I seem to remember her boosting Oprah's ratings to record levels also.
 

Tam

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alice said:
Fox gained an employee, huh....Sarah Palin, huh...more freakin' power to 'em... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Alice

Holy crap I never expected you to poke you head out after the Dems got their butts handed to them in Mass. :shock: :wink:

Oh in your words that is "Dems losted a seat huh... Teddy Kennedy's, huh.... less freaking power for them :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
 

Sandhusker

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The auther claims that Palin should just deliver the news in an impartial way (which she hypocritically fails to do herself). She isn't smart enough to realize that Palin wasn't hired to report the news, she was hired to give her personal political commentary.
 

CattleArmy

Well-known member
Sandhusker said:
The auther claims that Palin should just deliver the news in an impartial way (which she hypocritically fails to do herself). She isn't smart enough to realize that Palin wasn't hired to report the news, she was hired to give her personal political commentary.


Actually the author states that Sarah is excited to put her journalism degree to work. Putting her journalism degree to work doesn't involve personal political commentary. If it did it wouldn't include the word personal.
 
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