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From: "Lex Jenkins" <lexjenkins@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 07:29:03 GMT
I wouldn't even say journalism is done to technical perfection. There's still far too much commentary passed off as reporting. The most clever are guilty of sins of omission, and slant a report the way they want it to be perceived.

To put it in list-relevant reference, majoring in journalism is akin to maximally sharp, perfectly exposed photographs of nothing. (Or those audiophile test records.)

Lex
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From: "W. J. Liles" <wliles@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [OM] [OT] Count Spamula bites again
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 21:12:13 -0500

Lex Jenkins wrote:
.....snip.....

> Personally I believe the last thing a journalist needs is a degree
> in anything except history. Studying journalism for more than a semester or
> two is like an artist majoring in paintbrushes.
>
> Lex
>

I couldn't agree more!  There is too much "journalism" done to technical
perfection that lacks any meaningful content or context simply because
the "journalist" doesn't know history, or science, or art, or medicine,
or etc.  I think a major in Journalism is like a major in pre-med,
useless and a waste of very valuable time!

Jerry Liles


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