Via Assad Abdi- Jim Clancy and the tragi-comedy of American journalism By: Mark Perry - alaraby.co.uk Jim Clancys resignation from CNN doesnt suggest that the US media is pro-Israel. Its much worse than that. It shows that normal journalistic standards in America may not exist at all. Clancys views were far less offensive than those of other reporters whose defence of Israel bordered on the laughable. The news about the news is, actually, much worse. Clancy’s sin was that he sometimes expressed opinions that spurred discomfort among his viewers, a habit that was once celebrated, but that has now gone out of favour. In fact, there isn’t anything wrong with America’s coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that can’t be resolved by a simple adherence to standard journalistic practices. Which is simply to say that the real worry is not that Clancy’s forced resignation shows that those standards are low, but that they might not exist at all. alaraby.co.uk/english/comment/da958d80-50db-4cd1-9e37-d6ac2cd84284
Posted on: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 20:35:29 +0000
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