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Boorstin feels strongly that the scholar has an ethical obligation to publish his work and to write for the widest possible audience. He has done both. His many historical books are written to intrigue the citizen as well as the student; they have succeeded, and his Pulitzer Prize is well-merited. Boorstin's faith in the printed word led him to rise at six every morning to write, while holding a more than fulltime job as Librarian of Congress. When The Discoverers quotes Samuel Johnson about writing his dictionary, it could well be referring to its own author; he worked...
...complaints are factual before printing them. Unfortunately, Hatcher's two examples of the Post-Tribune's "unfairness" to him are false. He says the paper "never even wrote the story" about a study of municipal fiscal policy where Gary came out No. 1. The Post-Tribune did publish two stories. Hatcher also complains, "I was just re-elected with 90% of the vote. After the election the Post-Tribune wrote in an editorial: 'There is no consensus on his leadership among the people of Gary.' " Yes, Hatcher was re-elected in November with a huge majority...
...half-free" in comparison with U.S. papers. It is easy to incur heavy penalties in England for printing information that the government considers secret; running stories that could prejudice court trials might land an editor in jail. Still, in spite of stiff official resistance, the Sunday Times managed to publish uncensored excerpts from the diaries of Richard Crossman, a former Cabinet minister. The paper also exposed the important position that Kim Philby had held in British intelligence before he defected to Moscow. Evans chanced contempt of court by publicizing the plight of Britain's some 450 Thalidomide children, afflicted...
Most important, U.S. journalism is generally good. Reporters and editors are better educated than their predecessors and are readier to take on difficult topics. Partly as a result of the influence of television, which has made the world seem smaller, many local newspapers now publish considerably more international news, and not all of it is revolutions and earthquakes. Social trends, which newspapers long overlooked because they were not events that happened the day before, are now covered thoughtfully. In recent years, the press has learned to report about economics, education, medicine, science and the computer revolution as fully and discerningly...
Restraint does not come naturally to most journalists. Indeed, some of them argue that the best way to avoid accusations of bias is to go anywhere they can and publish absolutely anything they believe is newsworthy. CBS was accused of following this damn-the-consequences policy in October when it aired videotapes of the arrest of Automaker John De Lorean on cocaine trafficking charges, even at the risk of imperiling the chance of finding an impartial jury. The tapes were of dubiously lawful origin-CBS acquired them from Hustler Publisher Larry Flynt, who bought them from a clerk...