Dean's grassroots initiative
Noah Cohen
Issue date: 11/2/07 Section: News
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"[College students] have built a much more multicultural generation than we have," Dean said.
The college-aged generation is better reflected in Democratic candidates, Dean said.
To combat the rising cost of college education, Dean said he supported the idea of a national public service program where young people could be given financial assistance for serving their communities.
The program would not be mandatory and would allow for young people to try different careers while earning money for college. Dean said college students are having trouble continuing to afford to the rising cost of a college education.
"You can't talk about improving America without talking about making higher education available to more people," he said.
"Neighbor to Neighbor" has been described as a way to work against misinformation in the media, and Dean is not the first person to raise questions about right-wing media bias.
A study conducted by the media watchdog group Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) criticized Fox News for interviewing more Republican and conservative sources on its political news programs.
In July 2001, FAIR compared the guest list of CNN's Wolf Blitzer Reports to Fox's Special Report with Brit Hume to show the reported bias of the Fox network. FAIR analyst Seth Ackerman called Fox "the most biased name in news," in an article posted on the group's web site.
"FAIR found that of 56 partisan guests in a five month period, 50 were Republicans and six were Democrats. That's 89 percent Republican," a press release from FAIR wrote.
In a recent critique, FAIR pointed to Fox bias in another report by Hume when he called the amount deaths in Iraq negligible by historic standards.
Ronald Bishop, associate professor of communication at Drexel University and faculty advisor to The Triangle, said, "Fox is the most visible manifestation of three or four decade effort to take over the message."
Fox News works to frame specific issues around conservative issues, Bishop said.
Bishop, who admits democratic leaning, cautioned that most large media is owned by corporations with agendas.
"You always have to look closely at anyone who is coming at you with a viewpoint," Bishop said.
The college-aged generation is better reflected in Democratic candidates, Dean said.
To combat the rising cost of college education, Dean said he supported the idea of a national public service program where young people could be given financial assistance for serving their communities.
The program would not be mandatory and would allow for young people to try different careers while earning money for college. Dean said college students are having trouble continuing to afford to the rising cost of a college education.
"You can't talk about improving America without talking about making higher education available to more people," he said.
"Neighbor to Neighbor" has been described as a way to work against misinformation in the media, and Dean is not the first person to raise questions about right-wing media bias.
A study conducted by the media watchdog group Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) criticized Fox News for interviewing more Republican and conservative sources on its political news programs.
In July 2001, FAIR compared the guest list of CNN's Wolf Blitzer Reports to Fox's Special Report with Brit Hume to show the reported bias of the Fox network. FAIR analyst Seth Ackerman called Fox "the most biased name in news," in an article posted on the group's web site.
"FAIR found that of 56 partisan guests in a five month period, 50 were Republicans and six were Democrats. That's 89 percent Republican," a press release from FAIR wrote.
In a recent critique, FAIR pointed to Fox bias in another report by Hume when he called the amount deaths in Iraq negligible by historic standards.
Ronald Bishop, associate professor of communication at Drexel University and faculty advisor to The Triangle, said, "Fox is the most visible manifestation of three or four decade effort to take over the message."
Fox News works to frame specific issues around conservative issues, Bishop said.
Bishop, who admits democratic leaning, cautioned that most large media is owned by corporations with agendas.
"You always have to look closely at anyone who is coming at you with a viewpoint," Bishop said.
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Marcia Moody
posted 11/02/07 @ 11:24 PM EST
Howard Dean as Chairman of the Democratic Party has done more to revive and restore credibility to the Party than anyone in the past 50 years. His 50 State Strategy is what got Democrats elected up and down the ticket in November 2006. (Continued…)
Corey P.
Corey Payraudeau
posted 11/06/07 @ 3:22 AM EST
This article is so full of opinion it should be in the op-ed section.
I hope the triangle can manage to have reporting that reports both sides of the story. (Continued…)
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