Why young people don't read newspapers
R obison Elementary School was misspelled in an article and headline Wednesday on B3. The headline also mischaracterized the geography bee at the school. And the following student names were misspelled: Cesar Almeraz, Maritsa Soto and German Solorzano. Link
Parents just don't understand
THE headline "Parents `at fault for teen suicides'" yesterday incorrectly suggested that Wellington coroner Garry Evans had said parents were to blame for teen suicides. Mr Evans said his comments, made during a profile interview, were intended to draw attention to a societal issue that he considers merits wider debate.
CBS publishes poll on trust and accuracy
CBS News' Public Eye blog has a post with some interesting results from a poll conducted by CBS News and the New York Times. The detailed poll information is here . The lead from the story about the poll:
A majority of Americans have at least a fair amount of trust and confidence in the news media, although relatively few express a great deal of confidence in the institution, a CBS News/New York Times poll has found. Still, most think the stories the news media report are generally accurate, and that the news media generally tell the truth (something many think the administration does not do).
And here are the interesting tidbits from the Public Eye blog:
In introducing correspondent Anthony Mason's package on the media, anchor Bob Schieffer mentioned some of the findings of the poll, namely that 63% of respondents had "at least some confidence" in the stories reported by the press while 69% generally believe stories to be accurate. That's a pretty high number, but maybe I'm just jaded from reading all the criticism the media has gotten lately. Here are some other findings of that poll
- The numbers of respondents who said they felt stories reported by the media are accurate match exactly results from a 1994 CBS News poll. In both cases, 69% said they believed the media was generally accurate while 22% said inaccurate.
- When asked, in general, how often the media tells the truth, 59% said all or most of the time while 40% said some of the time or hardly ever. When the same question was asked about members the Bush Administration, 39% said they tell the truth all or most of the time while 58% said they told the truth some of the time or hardly ever.
- Asked to compare the media's treatment of President Bush compared to past presidents, 35% said they thought the press has been harder on the current president, 18% said the media has been easier in its coverage and 45% said he's been treated about the same as others.
