Covering Public Scandals
1998-04-09T00:30:43-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvNzdmXC8xOTk4MDQwOTAwMzY1NTAwMV9oZC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==Journalists Carl Bernstein and Robert Zelnick led teams of student debaters on the question of whether journalists could maintain standards in covering public scandals. They examined the difference between providing news in the public interest and reporting news on what the public was interested in and the difficulty of maintaining standards in an age of such heightened competition for audience share. They also took comments from the audience and the audience later voted for the winner.
Journalists Carl Bernstein and Robert Zelnick led teams of student debaters on the question of whether journalists could maintain standards … read more
Journalists Carl Bernstein and Robert Zelnick led teams of student debaters on the question of whether journalists could maintain standards in covering public scandals. They examined the difference between providing news in the public interest and reporting news on what the public was interested in and the difficulty of maintaining standards in an age of such heightened competition for audience share. They also took comments from the audience and the audience later voted for the winner. close
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- John Boyle Student Boston University
- Jonathan Farr Student Boston University
- Ranald MacDonald Chair Boston University->Journalism Department
- Cynthia Phillips Student Boston University
- Pamela Prickett Student Boston University
- Robert Zelnick Fellow Hoover Institution at Stanford University
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