Dr. Joe Guarino says in a post on his blog that "there is enormous potential for biased media coverage of the 2009 elections." He posted a link to a story in a recent issue of YES! Weekly.
Guarino:
A reader has brought to my attention a story about the 2009 City Council elections.One should note the discussion of the District 4 race. Challengers Joel Landau, and to a much lesser extent, Teresa Jobe, are given favorable ink. Incumbent Mary Rakestraw is not...Watch for sympathetic, positive portrayals of Joel Landau in particular; and watch for, at best, the absence thereof for Mary Rakestraw.
And when this happens, we need to point it out as best we can.
...it would be a mistake to give the voters too much credit in a place like Greensboro-- particularly when the media does not do its job well in terms of covering candidates and elections.
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E.C. ;)
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This should be a focus on this blog too. The media needs to be accountable for how they present things. Too often you see the news either presented from one perspective with disparaging language directed at the side not in favor, or you have a "journalist" injecting their opinion into the story (Frank Mikens).
Hopefully the media will note that this is one of the reasons their readership/viewership has plummeted for years in favor of the internet. At least online you can go out and find both sides presented on an issue and you can actually choose the presentation you feel is less biased against you. There is no such alternative in the major media today. If you do not subscribe to Socialist views you are out in the cold.
In the case of the alternative papers in Greensboro, you know what you are going to get when you pick one up. At least you already know which you feel is credible and they have to play to their audience. Although I am not sure why Yes bothers as they generally toe the N&R line but I guess someone still reads them for some reason. I guess it is the concert listings and such.
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