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Ciara: Media accuracy is now road kill
UNITY President Barbara Ciara
Is it true, is it fair, is it necessary? Much has changed in the world of journalism since I heard those words uttered by my trusted professor. And many of us are road kill on the information superhighway as a result.
Today, most news organizations deliver information via online, blogs, Twitter, Facebook, and yes the old-fashioned way over the air and in the newspaper. The good news is we can get news to you fast. The bad news is mistakes and misinformation is getting out there under the umbrella of news.
News is not always by definition a vetted example of journalism.
Comments Regarding Network Neutrality Filed with FCC
Filed by
UNITY: Journalists of Color, Inc.
January 13, 2010
UNITY: Journalists of Color is an alliance of four national minority journalism organizations, the Asian American Journalists Association, National Association of Black Journalists, National Association of Hispanic Journalists Association and the Native American Journalists Association whose goal is to increase diversity in newsroom and in the coverage of communities of color. On behalf of our alliance, representing over 8,000 journalists of color, we urge the Federal Communications Commission to protect the openness of the Internet with strong Network Neutrality rules. We have a golden opportunity to avoid repeating the media’s mistakes of the past, and we must seize the moment.
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