It's Your Dime:

While media people in general (myself included) tend to talk too much about the media, it's not all narcissism. There are ongoing debates about the nature, duties, fairness and relevance of broadcast journalism that are worth a look, and maybe a second look. As public interest journalists, it behooves NPR and other public broadcast news operations to be extra careful in this regard. In a recent study by FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting), NPR takes heat for elitism, conservative leanings and underrepresentation of women. A recent PEW report takes both commercial and public broadcast news to task for liberal bias. We have gathered together both reports and some commentary on them on a new comment page How Public is Public Radio? Please visit and add your voice to the debate.