Comments on: The 3 key parts of news stories you usually don’t get http://www.clusterflock.org/2009/08/the-3-key-parts-of-news-stories-you-usually-don%e2%80%99t-get.html thoughts, questions, original art and content and links to stuff we think is of interest; a group blog dedicated to pretty much everything. by people you would like to meet at a party; proof of intelligent life on the planet; inhabited by Internet hunter gatherers in the pre-apocalyptic realm; a destination that offers constellations of stimulating links to popular (and not so popular) culture; a group blog dedicated to culture: art, design, music, food, architecture, science, travel, movies, books, typography, politics, etc.; inclusive of geezers!; a delightful mixture of orange words and pictures of well, the insides of a stuffed animal–delightful all the same; the social network I never thought I’d join. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:16:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Michael Smith http://www.clusterflock.org/2009/08/the-3-key-parts-of-news-stories-you-usually-don%e2%80%99t-get.html/comment-page-1#comment-585120 Michael Smith Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:57:45 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=29862#comment-585120 I often think that if the news industry dumped the idea that a news story is ever balanced the nation would be much better off. This is probably an over generalization, but it seems that much of what I read today is all about reporting what someone else is saying about the topic with little to no effort put toward validating claims. Journalists, I think, shouldn't be afraid to say, 'that guy's full of shit.' It's one of the reasons I love Jon Stewart. Sure, it becomes my responsibility to sort out the facts from the truthiness, but the openness of it all makes all that easier. I guess I'm saying 'news' should be more like a conversation...if that makes sense. I often think that if the news industry dumped the idea that a news story is ever balanced the nation would be much better off. This is probably an over generalization, but it seems that much of what I read today is all about reporting what someone else is saying about the topic with little to no effort put toward validating claims.

Journalists, I think, shouldn’t be afraid to say, ‘that guy’s full of shit.’ It’s one of the reasons I love Jon Stewart. Sure, it becomes my responsibility to sort out the facts from the truthiness, but the openness of it all makes all that easier.

I guess I’m saying ‘news’ should be more like a conversation…if that makes sense.

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