TY  - BOOK
AU  - Patterson,Thomas E.
TI  - Informing the news: the need for knowledge-based journalism 
SN  - 0345806603
AV  - PN4788 .P38 2013
U1  - 070.4071 23
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Vintage Books, A Division of Random House LLC
KW  - Journalism
KW  - United States
KW  - Evaluation
KW  - Disinformation
KW  - Journalistic ethics
KW  - Broadcast journalism
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: The corruption of information -- 1. The information problem -- 2. The source problem -- 3. The knowledge problem -- 4. The education problem -- 5. The audience problem -- 6. The democracy problem -- Appendix. Knowledge-based journalism resources -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Index
N2  - "As the journalist Walter Lippmann noted nearly a century ago, democracy falters "if there is no steady supply of trustworthy and relevant news." Today's journalists are not providing it. Too often, reporters give equal weight to facts and biased opinion, stir up small controversies, and substitute infotainment for real news. Even when they get the facts rights, they often misjudge the context in which they belong. Information is the lifeblood of a healthy democracy. Public opinion and debate suffer when citizens are misinformed about current affairs, as is increasingly the case. Though the failures of today's communication system cannot be blamed solely on the news media, they are part of the problem, and the best hope for something better."--Back cover
ER  -