Topic: Media Watch
I first saw it as a headline on my main Yahoo page. I could not believe what I was reading: "Bush tries to blame Congress for high energy costs."
What is wrong with this picture? Terence Hunt of Associated Press wrote what amounts to an opinion editorial (Op-ed) masquerading as a bonafide news item. It was also published in Newsweek at:
http://www.newsweek.com/id/81348
Journalism is reporting news objectively. What Hunt has done is inject his opinion of the news, and what he thinks the public should think about it, even in his headline. He could have appropriately enough said, "Bush Blames Congress for High Energy Costs," but no! He has to smear the President.
Mr. Hunt, you call yourself a journalist? Is this what you call objective journalism? Have you no shame? Is Newsweek now your private blog?
Shame, shame, Mr. Hunt.
