By Erika D. Smith
Akron Beacon Journal
Published on 5/21/2004
Excerpt:
No one has to wait for the U.S. military to issue a statement. No one has to wait for someone to decide if those words and images are newsworthy. No one has to wait for a newspaper to package it with a headline. No one has to wait for CNN to turn on a camera.
”We are no longer the gatekeepers of information,” said Kelly McBride, an ethics faculty member at the Poynter Institute, a journalism think tank. …
Poynter’s McBride said that’s probably a good thing because the Internet eliminates obstructions to information. It’s also good for media organizations because they’re no longer the only ones showing the public images of death and destruction and telling them shocking news.
Which photograph goes on the front of a newspaper or what television footage runs at the top of the hour doesn’t have to be determined by, “If we don’t show this, no one will see it.”
“Now, we don’t have to be as concerned about the ‘what,’ ” McBride said. “We can be more concerned with the ‘why.’ ”
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