Our Voice
Cindy McCain, the wife of former presidential hopeful John McCain, issued the latest complaint. She sited the “media bias” as a major reason for the Obama victory.
“I do believe that the media had a specific agenda and with that said, the American people cast their vote,” Cindy McCain said.
McCain went on to describe “everyone” as a reporter, and stated, “There is very little difference now between journalism and gossip.”
As reporters in the making, the staff of The Colonnade, finds Mrs. McCain’s comments rather interesting.
While there is certainly a perceived bias in the media, we can only stick to what we have been taught in our countless hours of journalism classes and what we practice at this newspaper.
We fully believe in providing the campus community of GCSU with unbiased reporting. With that said, we would like to take the opportunity to explain that there is a difference between a reporter and a commentator or columnist.
Unfortunately, in this day and age many people get the majority of their news from biased sources, for example commentators on news programs (think Bill O’Reilly or Rush Limbaugh). These individuals are not reporters.
Reporters are journalists who strive to provide an unbiased public service. We truly believe that there are many, many real reporters left out in the world.
To Mrs. McCain’s second point that “everyone” is a reporter in this day and age, we take a bit of offense to this. We have spent our college years learning the ins and outs of this profession.
Yes, it is true that the general public certainly contributes to reporting, but it is the journalists working countless hours to uncover stories that break the biggest news.
We will continue to do our best to bring you the news you need to know without bias.
Posted by Colonnade Archives
on Jan 23 2009. Filed under Our Voice.
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