Group 8 probably had the most entertaining presentation so far in class. They were all funny and charismatic and added life to their presentation, rather than just making it bland and boring.
Their presentation was on Journalism as a watchdog. In an ideal society, this would not be necessary, but the world we live in is anything but idea. With corruption in every corner, especially in the government and conglomerate corporations, it is necessary that we have people who bring the truth to the public. This is where the journalists come in. The story of Deep throat and President Nixon is perfect example of this need. Below is a YouTube clip from a movie made about deep throat and the Nixon scandal. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjZ_D1j8cis
The group also talked about how the role of journalists can be weakened if it turns into a form of amusement, rather than a source of information and truth. This means therefore, that we must stay objective and straightforward in our reporting while being actively curious. The group mentioned a study done by Andrew Kohut and since I could not remember who that was exactly, I looked him up. Here is a link to the short biography I found on Kohut:
http://www.people-press.org/about/andrew-kohut/ I found that he is the President of Pew Research Center, duh!
I was really curious about the statistics given on Political affiliation in journalism, I found this article that disproved it, stating that 32% were Democrats, and about 31% were Republicans. http://www.journalism.org/node/2304
This was just a single survey disproving what the book was saying, but besides that point, it still makes me wonder if journalists should align with a certain party, because it would make it hard to be objective. Just something to think about…
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