JOUR 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Walter Lippmann, Joseph Pulitzer, Areopagitica

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Journalism and Communication
• Course: JOUR 1002
• Professor: Allan Thompson

Document Summary

Journalism"s first obligation is to the truth (on this there is unanimity, yet confusion) Messenger"s news could be a matter of survival (will the tribe over the hill attack) Truth = big part of marketing (the product they"re giving people, the truth) Joseph pulitzer = publisher of the world (1s paper to create the bureau of accuracy and fair play) News and truth are not the same thing. Function of news = to signalize and event and make people aware of it. Washington post principles of 1933: the truth as nearly as the truth can be ascertained . Truth is a process, grows (one drop at a time like a stalactite) If your story is wrong you"re still protected from libel if you took every necessary precaution to finding the truth (but how far do you go?) John milton: areopagitica (1644) book (reading = online) Talks about how we get to/find the truth.