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March 2, 2007

On objectivity, neutrality, and integrity in covering the Atlantic Yards

NYC Independent Media Center

BarkeyGMCcrowd.jpgNorman Oder participated in a panel at last week's Grassroots Media Conference where he spoke about where he fits in to the media coverage of Atlantic Yards as an experienced journalist and regular blogger.

I’m the most mainstream person sitting on this panel, and I don’t think there’s a contradiction between using mainstream training and experience in the service of grassroots media.

In fact, I think that grassroots media, held to professional standards, can be more intellectually honest and more responsible than the mainstream media.

I try to read everything. I read all the press. I read the documents regarding Atlantic Yards. There's lots of information in documents. That was the lesson from I.F. Stone in the 1950s and that's still true today.

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Posted by lumi at March 2, 2007 10:31 AM