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Submerged News. Like many newsmen, Griffith retains a large measure of idealism about journalism-"an exciting way to do good"-and he regrets that some people feel threatened or ill-served by the press. One of the problems lies in expectations. Journalism, and particularly television news, purports to be a reasonably accurate mirror of the world. Yet it is rarely that. Readers expect-and editors eagerly seek to provide-a full report on what is new and different from last week, yesterday, ten minutes ago. So journalism often shows "the world with all the banality, the ordinary, the uncontroversial...
...welcome change is provided in a new book by Thomas Griffith, How True: A Skeptic's Guide to Believing the News.* With witty epigrams and cogent commentary, Griffith avoids knee-jerk assaults on both the press and its critics. Rather he wants his readers to understand what journalism is and is not-and why. He points out that publications are often trapped by their own style and history ("The last time an editor is a free spirit is the day he puts to press volume one, number one"). Publishing economics is an ever larger concern ("Somewhere in the background...
...Griffith's form is a series of essays interspersed with "memory cells" from a distinguished 38-year career. It started with a cub reporter's job in Seattle and took him to major assignments for Time Inc. (Griffith was successively a writer, senior editor and assistant managing editor of TIME, senior staff editor of all Time Inc. publications and the last editor of LIFE.) Now 58, he contributes articles to TIME and FORTUNE...
...Harvard Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa has elected the following 12 juniors: Mark S. Campisano of Winthrop House and Norwood; Haldan N. Cohn of Dunster House and Redwood City, Calif.; Michael J. Connelly of Dudley House and Quincy; Griffith R. Harsh IV of Kirkland House and St. Louis, Mo.; David S. Jerison of Winthrop House and Lafayette, Ind.; Robert K. Lazarsfeld of Quincy House and New York, N.Y.; John J. McCarthy III of Quincy House and Stoneham; Richard P. Mendelson of Winthrop House and Jacksonville, Fla.; Bruce R. Musicus of Eliot House and Chicago, III.; Rhesa L. Penn of North...
...Thomas Griffith's Essay, "Corruption in the U.S." [Dec. 31], brings to mind a Latin phrase that seems to explain why many of us are uptight about the recent White House pursuits: Corruptio optimi pessima -the corruption of the best is the worst...