Posts Tagged ‘television news’

According to a just released Gallup poll a majority of our fellow citizens nationwide do not trust media to deliver fair, unbiased, and accurate reporting.  Newspapers and TV seem to generated the least amount of confidence in their content.  As a former television news producer it’s very disheartening, but not surprising.  I watch very little TV news myself these days and my local newspaper has more full page ads for prescription drugs than I’ve ever seen.

The news is not all bad for the news.  There are journalists around the country that are experimenting with ways to make news-gathering economically viable.  I think what they also need to do is make the news relevant and valuable.  If we don’t have access to credible information about our government and our civic and business communities, we’re all in serious trouble.