Jon Stewart on media bias

Tue, 15 Jul 2003 22:48:00 -0400
/media

I want to watch the Daily Show from after reading Jon Stewart commenting on the US news networks.

But the other [than Fox] news networks— you know they have this idea that they’re being objective. But news has never been objective. It’s always— what does every newscast start with? Our top stories tonight. That’s a list. That’s an object— that’s a subjective— some editor made a decision; here’s our top stories.
#1. There’s a fire in the Bronx.

#2. They arrested Martha Stewart.

Whatever— however you place those stories, is a subjective ranking as much as AFI’s 100 Best Films in the World is.

Google News offers the framework for a more democratic way to prioritise stories. Franchise is restricted, however, to Big Publications. Technorati - and others - offer similar services but extend the vote to all (blog) publishers. Unfortunately they currently only group by link, not by story.