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Journalism and Freedom, by Rupert Murdoch
By Fernando Mexia - Journalism - 08/12/2009
Translation of the opinion article published on December 8 by media mogul Rupert Murdoch in the Wall Street Journal. This is an excerpt from his appearance earlier this month with the Federal Trade Commission at a meeting on journalism and the Internet.
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This is a time when many media companies are closing or downsizing. No doubt they have heard someone say that journalism is in very bad shape and blames the success of the digital age.
My message is just the opposite. The future of journalism is more promising than ever, limited only by editors and producers unwilling to fight for their readers and viewers, or by a government who uses his off hand to regulate more than necessary or subvencionarnos.
From the beginning, newspapers have prospered for one reason: the confidence that comes from representing the interests of their readers and give them the news that matter most. That means covering the communities where they live, exposing government corruption or corporate and stand up to the rich and powerful. Read the rest of this entry »
And power source
By Fernando Mexia - Columnists , Economy , Maria Benito , Journalism - 03/11/2009
Maria Benito, journalist
As reported in The Wall Street Journal ... sources quoted by the Financial Times ... or according to Bloomberg data are probably three of the most used phrases in circles around the world. They have earned the trust of news editors, but also of the readers and what they publish influences, sometimes too much in economic decision making of them, something that as demonstrated by the crisis, should interest everyone.
Internet has helped to extend its importance, although some of the contents that are offered online payment because even serve to give holders exclusive tracks to see what is moving, where and how. Moreover, people do not agree to these media news only through their sites and intentionally, because there are plenty of Internet media and blogs that use to post news source. And the managers of the newspapers know it. Read the rest of this entry »
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