Tuesday, March 11 2008

The MSM's Seven Deadly Sins

Since the Vatican updated its list of seven deadly sins, now's as good a time as any to review the media's own seven deadly sins, namely, the 7 principles of media objectivity.

1. Misleading Definitions and Terminology

2. Imbalanced Reporting

3. Opinions Disguised as News

4. Lack of Context

5. Selective Omission

6. Using True Facts To Draw False Conclusions

7. Distortion of Facts

Posted at 06:08 AM

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