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Issue: "725"
Section:
ID: "3"
SName: "Blindspot!"
url: "blindspot"
SOrder: "3"
Content: "\r\n
Desirable News
\r\nIf we allow ourselves to imagine a different kind of news, there are a number of features that might be desirable from a democratic standpoint:
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- Independent issue agendas developed by each news organization would provide a more diverse information environment.
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\r\n \r\n - Offering diverse voices and viewpoints would reduce the gap that ordinary people often feel separates them from the politicians and political insiders who dominate news content.
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\r\n \r\n - More analysis of how politics operates behind the scenes of news events would help people understand how political decisions are reached and how they might become involved.
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\r\n \r\n - More historical context would help establish the origins of problems in the news and limit the ability of politicians to reinvent history to suit their purposes.
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\r\n \r\n - More coverage of citizen political activists would help ordinary people see paths to personal involvement and hear challenging perspectives that might help them evaluate official spin more critically.
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\r\n \r\n - Better use of interactive technologies could link news audiences to each other and to civic organizations to learn more about issues and take effective action. \r\n
Compiled From:
\r\n"News: The Politics of Illusion" - W. Lance Bennett, pp. 30, 31