When Iâve needed to reboot my enthusiasm for journalism, or restore my faith in humanity some, Iâve found myself turning to college kids for help. Working with wide-eyed undergrads, hearing the way they look at the world and drinking in their energy and idealism always recharges my spiritual batteries.
This week was one of those times I needed them.
I asked some of longtime Colorado journalist Chuck Plunkettâs students in the University of Coloradoâs News Corps program how important they thought journalism was right now, at this weird inflection point in the countryâs history.
Lauren Smith
When Iâve needed to reboot my enthusiasm for journalism, or restore my faith in humanity some, Iâve found myself turning to college kids for help. Working with wide-eyed undergrads, hearing the way they look at the world and drinking in their energy and idealism always recharges my spiritual batteries.
This week was one of those times I needed them.
I asked some of longtime Colorado journalist Chuck Plunkettâs students in the University of Coloradoâs News Corps program how important they thought journalism was right now, at this weird inflection point in the countryâs history.
Lauren Smith
one candidate said she won t allow her ads to be bought on sinclair. will that work? i don t know. i don t think the upper management at sinclair is in this for the money. i think they re in it for their political bent. if all the advertisers disappeared, i don t know. you d have to ask david smith that. i want to bring in chuck plunkett. i grew up in denver, colorado. i grew up reading the denver post. i got the cross word first, sorry to my brother and sister, i grabbed that. the comics, my sister would get those. we read the denver post. it was our regular reading. now you have a rebellion and here s from the op ed
i would say that 80% of the business is liberal. well, more liberal than not. i met someone who said that the behind-the-scenes people are probably 70% liberal. one of the things he concludes then i will shut up and let you guys respond if the media had been balanced in the 2008 election, john mccain would be president today. among his calculations are that what is reported has consequences. it has consequences. it becomes the interpretation of reality for the people of this country, more so than the commentary. i am in the commentary business and we go crazy, too. but what is presented as factual news has enormous consequences. maybe this time, starting with you ryan and then going straight on across or if you want to argue with each other, that is fine, too. i would agree with you. the observations about day off handed remark from met ronnie taken so bad that of context and from mitt romney taken so bad and out of context much of the meat and substance, the deta
day conference in early march, focusing on the media s role in politics. this portion includes the denver post political editor as well as economist and head of the common run of fiscal policy institute. it is 45 minutes. one of the previous panelist said we need conversations, not catch phrases. that sounded like a catch phrase to me. in order to be evenhanded, i would say that when i am told by bill reilly that i am in the nose ben the zone, that puts me on my guard. the word is been originated with some of the handlers of presidential candidates who were called spin doctors. before long, with the media clustered was called the spin room and it has become important in american politics and journalism. who can you trust? does everybody have a hostile to put on you? that s what we want to explore in this next panel. chris leland joined the faculty this year. i liken it to a high draft pick for your professional sports team. he ran the focus on the family institute, doing ed