Report Card: Corporate-Owned Media Fails Public Again
From today's issue of Editor and Publisher:
...Harvard's Center for Public Leadership National Leadership Index..survey, which included interviews with 1,207 adults nationwide in September... a portion of the findings asked about views on the media in relation to leadership, with some troubling results.
"...Americans give their lowest marks to leaders in the press. Americans are particularly dissatisfied with press coverage of the 2008 presidential campaign."Key among the findings:
64% of those polled do not trust press coverage of the presidential campaign.
88% believe that campaign coverage focuses on trivial issues.
84% believe that media coverage has too much influence on American voting choices.
92% say it is important that the news media provide information on candidates' specific policy plans, but 61% say the media does not provide enough coverage of policy plans.
89% say it is important to hear about candidates' personal values and ethics, but 43% say there is not enough coverage of personal values and ethics.
Instead, those surveyed claimed they were getting "exactly the type of campaign coverage that they want the least," the report found.
Don't we need a new kind of media? All-together different? I'm working on it...
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