Essay on Journalistic Standards in the Matt Drudge Era

Having served nearly thirty years at CBS News, Mr. Goldberg had earned a reputation as one of the most original writers and thinkers in broadcast journalism. However, when he observed his own industry, he realized the liberal media had completely missed their mission to give honest news. After years of sharing his observations and promoting more balanced reportings, Goldberg soon realized that no one listened because they believed they were doing the right thing. The liberal bias continued, therefore Bernard Goldberg decided to take the situation into his own hands and expose the distortion of the media himself. Goldberg’s breathtaking and shocking best seller book, Bias, reveals the close-mindedness of the news culture and their mission to entertain rather than share facts.

Clay Shirky who wrote Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable (1993) argues that society doesn’t need newspapers society needs journalism to save society. Shirky supports this argument by giving a historical background to the problems newspapers face and how the problems have developed over time and the solutions society has came up with. The blogger concludes that in order for journalism to go farther new models must be created in place of past molds. Shirky directs this blog toward the current and future generations in attempt to motivate new models and methods of journalism.

The next example he uses is of how Obama chose to combat the rumors that he faced during the election with a website. He explained this in the article by saying,“Buffeted by rumors about his religion, his upbringing, and controversial statements made by his wife, Obama launched Fight the Smears, a website that lists every well-traveled false rumor about the candidate, alongside rebuttals and explanations for how the rumors arose” (512-513). Lasly he also uses an example of a rumor from Sarah Palin. He writes,”With rumors circulating in the blogosphere that Sarah Palin's youngest baby might actually have

Journalists are infamous for their motivation to produce hard hitting editorials, twisting the truth for their own selfish benefit. Steve Chapman strays away from this stereotype by ensuring integrity in every article. Continuously, Chapman strives to present the public with his analytical opinions. Douglas Adams describes the drive of Steve Chapman; “To give real service, you must add something which cannot be bought of measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity”. Steven Chapman, who writes weekly op-eds for the Chicago Tribune, delivers insight into national headlines using suggestive rhetoric appeals to address the reader’s fears of uncertainty followed by accredited reasoning, a condescending tone targeted at the written subject, calling the reader for reformation within society, and dashes to separate general statements from definitive fact, shifting from a mission-based point of view to thought-provoking opinionated writing in order to spark motivation within his readers using his opinions so that they can take action to better their communities in hopes of improving future national development.

It was perplexing time for The New York Times; a chapter, in their long-run, of fabrications that are now consider fabulists and egregious plagiarism. Hard News by Seth Mnookin, recounts the time a narcissistic and pedantic executive editor, named Howell Raines took took charged of the steering-wheel of one of the most reliable and prominent newspapers in the nation. It is described how Raines and other high-profiled and important figures for the paper, such as managing editor Gerald M. Boyd, dealt with the Jayson Blair’s scandal. The Jayson Blair scandal is about the terrible repercussions when plagiarism and fabulism is committed by a reporter. It not only tarnishes the reporter’s reputation but the newspaper’s transparency as a whole. I

Previous journalist, Jason Goldman-Hall, regards online news bloggers as amateurs who don’t meet the standards that a professional journalist is forced to meet.

Scott, Foreign Editor: Look, there are two thousand reporters in this town, are there five on Watergate? When did the Washington Post suddenly get the monopoly on wisdom? Why would the Republicans do it? McGovern's self-destructed just like Humphrey, Muskie, the bunch of them. I don't believe

Matt Drudge is the owner of the Drudge report, which is an American news website, this website contains links too many columnist, some of the viewpoints of this website is conservative. The drudge reports website contains links to news, websites all over the world. Matt drudge has no reason to be feared, he is informing his people. Although, the drudge report has a history of fabricating or misrepresenting stories. The site also carries advertisements itself, which gave people the belief it is a favor. Drudge symbolizes freedom of the press . He symbolizes it by unchecked. Drudge has links leading to others' articles. Drudge captures the attention of his readers by using an ethical approach.

a journalist who focuses on the business and economic issues for National Public Radio, and as a

“Muckrakers”. Who do they consist of? What do they represent? According to President Theodore Roosevelt in 1906, this term was used to criticize and insult certain journalists who went too far in the pursuit of their stories. Since decades this term has had negative definitions in society, so how can investigative journalist Jessica Mitford be delighted to accept the unappealing title of “Queen of the Muckrakers”. Although some may say that the term is an excellent way to describe the passionate journalists who are seeking juicy information about prominent individuals and businesses, I strongly believe it does not correctly allude to whom they actually resemble in our realistic society today.

In this weeks edition we have Perry Carpenter of the Inquisitr news, a reporter )if you can call her that) who writes about all the gossip the more moronic people of our world crave.

Often media broadcasters tend to lean to this side, therefore giving them the image of being liberally bias. Chris Mathews and Keith Oberman from MSNBC are two examples of broadcasters that have been accused of delivering their news with a liberal twist to it. Journalists tend to vote on the liberal side of situations, but still say that while they are on the job they only tell the news in the fairest way and the way that will be least offensive as well as respectful to who it will be presented. In many cases however, this report can come out with an oddly left sided tone (thatliberalmedia.com). Since 1991 when Katie Couric became co-host of NBC’s Today Show, she has used her powerful spot in the media to praise significant liberal figures such as Hillary Clinton and Jimmy Carter. At the same time however, Couric has never been shy about complaining about “right winged conservatives”

Matthew Drudge was born on October 28, 1966 and raised in Takoma Park, Maryland, USA. He is the founder of the news aggregator site called the Drudge Report. Before starting the Drudge Report, he worked many odd jobs such as counterman at 7-Eleven, manager at McDonalds. Initially, the Drudge Report started as entertainment e-mail notes and newsletters, which were part gossip and part opinion. However, gradually the newsletter changed into more political gossip rather than entertainment and shifted the format from e-mail to Web. The site usually carries some stories written by Matt Drudge himself and links to other popular stories. The Drudge Report came into limelight after it reported the running of John

Nowadays journalists have the responsibility to report facts as accurately, objectively, and disinterestedly as is humanly possible. ‘’The, honest, self-disciplined, well-trained reporter seeks to be a propagandist for nothing but the truth’’ (Casey, 1944b).

says that there is a “growing divide between news writers and news consumers.” In his