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Article #940Re: Princess Diana, Somalia, NY Times, history
From: Charles Packer
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 11:41
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 11:41
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In article <1992Dec17.210911.4130@sco.com>, erics@sco.COM (eric smith) writes... >I think the only importance newspapers place on stories is >how many papers they will sell. It's more complicated than this. When a newspaper has a steady and loyal audience, the editors have the freedom to pursue a second-order agenda beyond just bringing in more readers. The exact nature of the this agenda will depend on the paper's audience. For the Times, it might be imparting historical awareness. For a tabloid, it might be combatting racism. The second-order agenda, I suspect, is what attracts most journalists to the profession, and makes the print media, at least, the center of missionary activity in our society, rather than religious institutions.
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Newsgroups: misc.headlines,alt.news-media,soc.history Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!ames!nsisrv!amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov!packer From: packer@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Charles Packer) Subject: Re: Princess Diana, Somalia, NY Times, history Message-ID: <18DEC199207413863@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov> News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-b1 Sender: usenet@nsisrv.gsfc.nasa.gov (Usenet) Nntp-Posting-Host: amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov Organization: Dept. of Independence References: <11DEC199208042064@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov> <1992Dec17.210911.4130@sco.com> Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 11:41:00 GMT Lines: 15