Submitted to the Chapel Hill Herald
18 May 2005

In reference to:
shns.com/shns/g_index2.cfm?action=detail&pk=SCHRAM-05-17-05

Editor:

The recent performance of Newsweek should be bad enough, but large portions of the media continue to demonstrate
systemic faults. Case in point, the Chapel Hill Herald guest article by Martin Schram on May 18th. Mr. Schram’s point, in summary, is that it’s all the fault of the Bush administration. Can we please give Mr. Schram a collective “huh, say what?”

No, no, not our fault. It’s that awful administration. They didn’t stop us. They didn’t investigate. They didn’t comment. They didn’t do our job for us! (At the same time another portion of the media is accusing and condemning the administration on the exact opposite charges.)

There is a word for such behavior: juvenile. It’s long past time for the media and journalism in general to take an introspective look. In this information age, errant news reporting will seldom stand unopposed. The bar has been raised.

-jweaks

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