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Why the daily papers `pick up the rear' rather than set the national agenda.

Authors :
Byfield, Ted
Source :
Alberta Report / Newsmagazine. 10/27/97, Vol. 24 Issue 46, p52. 1p. 1 Black and White Photograph.
Publication Year :
1997

Abstract

Opinion. Investigates the failure of daily newspapers in Canada to take the forefront in news gathering and agenda setting. Possible causes for the poor performance of newspapers, including the rise of the electronic media and the focus on journalistic objectivity; Reference to a story related in the book `Alberta Was My Beat: Memoirs of a Western Newspaperman,' by Fred Kennedy.

Subjects

Subjects :
*JOURNALISM
*NEWSPAPERS

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
02250519
Volume :
24
Issue :
46
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Alberta Report / Newsmagazine
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
9711260062