Journalism Professor Sorts News From Opinion

Sounds like Judy Muller from Annenberg in CA has been taking our class and has been taking good notes. We're obviously on the cutting edge and in a pretty good position to clear up all these bothersome questions about what is Journalism and the future of News- Lets do it! Judy Muller says be inspired to be part of the factual crowd. (4:44)

Lies and politics

In reviewing the Star Tribune, MinnPost, and the Pioneer Press, the coverage of these issues is sparse – which is an issue in itself. But in relation to Krugman’s claims, he appears to be right about Palin’s lie about the ‘Bridge to nowhere.’ A story in today’s Star Tribune addresses that issue and the fact that the McCain campaign is piecing together an Alaskan-based damage control operation to spin the many issues coming to light about Palin’s past, notably “Troopergate.” The only one of these publications that mentioned the sex education claim was the Pioneer Press, which didn’t debunk the lie, but had a source criticize the Obama campaign for not calling the claim a lie fast enough. I have not been able to find reporting on any alleged Obama campaign lies.

I agree with Krugman’s take on these issues. The reality of it makes me disappointed in politics, yet again. It’s no wonder so many people become disenfranchised. Who wants to be lied to?