Dan
Hively
Discussion
Questions
1. Do you think that journalists should be
punished for “self-publishing”? What are some times that self-publishing is
alright, and when is it not?
2. The author, Boris Kachka, accuses Lehrer of
writing to the information hungry general public by using writing that “reads
like a symphony – magical, authoritative, deeply true”. Is it bad for
journalists to write this way? Should journalists tailor their writing to an
audience, or keep it the same for all?
3. The third page quotes David Carr
in saying that “the
Web’s ferocious appetite for content” and the collapse of hard news is the
reason for Lehrer’s demise. Do you feel that hard news is failing? In what ways
is this true? How does what happened to Lehrer describe this?
4. Lehrer adjusted some of his facts to support
his conclusions. Can you think of any other examples of this, and how is this
bad?
5. Does his fallings represent a trend among
news as a whole? For the consumer? For the journalist?
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