Seib ("Campaigns and Conscience", not reviewed) examines the
professional, commercial, and ethical pressures on the news media
exerted by technologies that make the delivery of information both
instantaneous and global..The author worries about the news media's
pervasive preference for reporting events as they are happening:
"Going live," he says, "is exciting and dramatic. But is it good
journalism?" His answer, of course, is primarily negative.
Unfolding news is news that by definition has not emerged from an
editorial process and thereby makes difficult if not impossible the
application of the standards of impartiality that have long been
the hallmarks of principled journalism. A number of Seib's
questions are patently rhetorical - e.g., "Should emphasis on speed
of delivery override judgments about relevance and taste?"
Nonetheless, he raises enough serious questions about the rapidly
changing news business to sober anyone but Matt Drudge (who appears
throughout as a sort of cyber-bogeyman whose gleeful disregard for
traditional journalistic ethics Seib finds most reprehensible). One
of the author's principal objectives is to outline the concept of
"convergence" - what he considers the inevitable fusion of print,
cable television, and Internet news media. He sketches the obvious
advantages to consumers of this imminent merger (improvements in
"interactivity" and in the dissemination - via online links - of
vast amounts of supplementary information) but warns that editorial
discretion must play a more prominent role than it currently does
among electronic news outlets. He also identifies new
responsibilities that citizens must assume in the information age.
There is an occasional "gee-whiz" tone in much of Seib's
descriptions of the (unquestionably exciting) possibilities of
online news. And current events sometimes undercut him, as well: He
declares, for instance, that exit polling has become so precise in
presidential elections that 1948-like embarrassments (Dewey Defeats
Truman!) are no longer much of a worry..An urgent and cogent (if
somewhat breathless) reminder that journalistic ethics must attempt
to keep pace with the explosive technological revolution.. (Kirkus
Reviews)
Live! Breaking story! Up-to-the-minute coverage! We hear these
teasers every day. But do they always guide us to real news? With
the explosive growth of online news and increased barrage of
sensational live shots on TV, getting a story first seems more
important than getting it right. In Going Live, veteran journalist
Philip Seib warns of the dangers of trivialized news and sloppy
ethics in this "new news" age. Whether you love or hate the news
media, this is an indispensable look at where journalism is
heading-and how we can sort out what's important and accurate in
the news we get in an ever-faster moving stream.
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