http://www.vtimes.com/2007/12/10/blogworld-expo-vegas-a-journalists-perspective-part-3/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:35:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 http://www.vtimes.com/2007/12/10/blogworld-expo-vegas-a-journalists-perspective-part-3/#comment-14 JRB Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:51:08 +0000 http://www.vtimes.com/2007/12/10/blogworld-expo-vegas-a-journalists-perspective-part-3/#comment-14 Traditional newspapers have not, in my opinion, lost the trust of their readers. It is, in fact why most readers, including myself, buy newspapers. We know there is a process. We know that a journalist doesn't want to be caught out on his facts; if only for his professional future he must take his work seriously, he must get his facts right. But shifting editorial standards, the decisions of what to print and what to suppress, do make a difference, and can cost a newspaper its readers rather quickly. Traditional newspapers have not, in my opinion, lost the trust of their readers. It is, in fact why most readers, including myself, buy newspapers. We know there is a process. We know that a journalist doesn’t want to be caught out on his facts; if only for his professional future he must take his work seriously, he must get his facts right. But shifting editorial standards, the decisions of what to print and what to suppress, do make a difference, and can cost a newspaper its readers rather quickly.

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