Wednesday, February 15, 2006
BLAME THE READERSHIP!
This appears near the bottom of an editorial in the Daily Illini entitled: A Promise to Our Readers. After waxing poetic about their high standards and their search for the truth, they leave an out, in case they ever "fail".
Our readers may not always agree with the content they see on our pages and may allow personal biases to affect their perceptions of the importance of news and our level of coverage. But regardless, we play by the rules that those who came before us built, and our colleagues across the country accept
OH, I see. If you run away from an issue and completely abandon your responsibilities as journalists, as you have done with the Mohammed cartoons insanity, it is OUR fault and not yours. What an elitist, naive, idiotic rationalization that line of CRAP is. Just the kind of thing the FAILING mainstream press in this country loves.
You create your own rules to suit you and the fact that the rest of your "colleagues" take the same cowards way out does in no way speak well of you. Look in the mirror at your own biases and prejudices before you blame your readership for your own inadequacies as reporters of NEWS!
Our readers may not always agree with the content they see on our pages and may allow personal biases to affect their perceptions of the importance of news and our level of coverage. But regardless, we play by the rules that those who came before us built, and our colleagues across the country accept
OH, I see. If you run away from an issue and completely abandon your responsibilities as journalists, as you have done with the Mohammed cartoons insanity, it is OUR fault and not yours. What an elitist, naive, idiotic rationalization that line of CRAP is. Just the kind of thing the FAILING mainstream press in this country loves.
You create your own rules to suit you and the fact that the rest of your "colleagues" take the same cowards way out does in no way speak well of you. Look in the mirror at your own biases and prejudices before you blame your readership for your own inadequacies as reporters of NEWS!
