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Wayne To Media: Pot Meet Kettle

The reason for this new approach to journalism is the mainstream media's increasing abandonment of  state government news. I spent 18 years in journalism and can safely say some in the mainstream media have given up on daily coverage of the government. The AP's story contained typical laments from the press and academia about whether an organization, which advocates a conservative position, can run a new outlet and whether the news will be biased, either in the presentation of stories or in the story selection. Over at the Missoulian, an editor sums up the hysteria with a critique that describes IdahoReporter.com and similar news operations as "agenda-driven." Pot, meet kettle/Wayne Hoffman, Idaho Freedom Foundation. More here.

Question: Do the mainstream media also have built in conflicts in their news gathering, as Wayne Hoffman/Idaho Freedom Foundation claims?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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