For nearly two decades, a culture war has divided journalists. The - TopicsExpress

Timothy Large

For nearly two decades, a culture war has divided journalists. The gap seemed mostly generational, but it always boiled down to a battle over the very purpose of what we do. All the dismissive sniping and straight-out antagonism between old-school defenders of the print craft and the young digital brains propelling start-ups came down to a debate over values: The old guard argued that they were driven by the quest for truth, and by their sense of what citizens need to know to be informed participants in democracy. Reporting was all about locking down the facts and presenting them to readers, who would know best how to take advantage of the light we shined. Digital journalists countered that their way was more honest and democratic—and quicker. If that meant presenting stories before they’d been thoroughly vetted, that was okay, because the internet would correct itself. Truth would emerge through open trial and error. With the collapse of business models, that war has turned into a death match. But is conciliation now at hand? cjr.org/cover_story/who_cares_if_its_true.php?page=all#sthash.NV3uFogJ.dpuf

Posted on: Sat, 13 Dec 2014 06:45:33 +0000

For nearly two decades, a culture war has divided journalists. The - TopicsExpress

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