PressThink
PressThink is home to the insights and musings of Jay Rosen, the avid tweeter and journalism professor at New York University. Rosen is at his best when he’s questioning the fundamental assumptions of the news business, most notably the “church of the savvy” that he says prevents reporters from calling out politicians rather than admiring their ability to play the game. He writes: “Somewhere along the way, truthtelling was surpassed by other priorities the mainstream press felt a stronger duty to. These include such things as ‘maintaining objectivity,’ ‘not imposing a judgment,’ ‘refusing to take sides’ and sticking to what I have called the View from Nowhere.”
Rosen also provides links and conducts interviews (with people like The Washington Post’s ombudsman), but above all he loves to pick a good fight (such as taking on Politifact over its “lie of the year”). While he seems to strafe more conservative targets, PressThink is almost always provocative.
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