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["Shea Tisdale" <shea AT sheatisdale.com>]

I believe your basic question was asked some time ago:

Sed quis custodiet ipsos Custodes? (Who is to guard the guardians
themselves?) - Juvenal, Satires, ~120 CE.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:internetworkers-
> bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Scott Lundgren
> Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 3:56 PM
> To: internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: [internetworkers] journalism & sensationalism
> 
> 
> This afternoon between 1:30 and 2pm I was watching WRAL's Isabel
coverage.
> As Elizabeth Gardner stood in the wind reporting about the conditions
at
> the
> beach, a member of the newsteam was clearly in the shot kneeling to
her
> right and clutching her leg. One could infer this was to keep her from
> blowing away in the fierce winds. In the middle of her report 3 people
in
> rain gear walked behind her in the shot with seemingly no difficulty.
One
> of
> them put his hands up in a classic "shout-outs-to-my-peeps-I'm-on-TV"
> pose.
> Neither of the people in the background looked like offensive lineman
but
> general lanky males.
> 
> I realize sensationalism crept into local news as the newsroom came
under
> pressure to be just as much a profit center. Besides applying market
force
> in the form of changing the channel, and generally displaying my
disgust
> at
> staging a shot in search of ratings, what can be done to discourage
future
> behavior ? If media is supposed to be policing government, who's
policing
> media?
> 
> - SL
> 
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