Robert Lichter
Robert Lichter
S. Robert Lichter is Professor of Communication at George Mason University, where he directs the Center for Media and Public Affairs, which conducts scientific studies of the news and entertainment media, and the Statistical Assessment Service, which works to improve the quality of statistical and scientific information in the news...
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attracting careful highly jewish means regarded selling sound
Attracting highly regarded Jewish journalists suggests that they've been very careful in selling their message. It means they're very sincere, or they sound very sincere.
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The thing that really matters that weve seen in the past is when the presidents allies desert him, ... When reporters go to natural supporters and they provide the criticism, youre a goner.... Right now it is the shock value. This is actually news.
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Assume that all estimates are self-interested and all estimates are too low, ... The government is like a contractor ù whatever it says, triple.
proved simpson top
We thought that nothing could top the O.J. Simpson story and this proved us wrong.
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We're in a bad-news cycle now where bad news builds on itself. Bush's press has gone from bad to worse, from critical to adversarial. The media opposition has gone from passive to active.
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This is about reporters who fell in love with their story and couldn't view it objectively. That is the job of editors and senior staff, to dampen journalistic enthusiasm that can't be supported by the facts.
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Some journalists just got mad and let their anger be expressed. It turns out, that's appropriate. The great advantage of American journalism is that it has the power to move the public.