Word: readership
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...Once again, the media proved their inclination to pursue maximum readership, throwing to the wind the relevance and propriety of the information they provide. But I’m used to some outlets resisting gossip more than others. As the Republican convention started, even The New York Times’ headlines included words like “Family Problem,” “Palin’s Daughter Pregnancy” and “Disclosures on Palin Raise Questions.” Top journalists were splitting hairs about the extent of McCain’s knowledge about...
...husband and five children, the latest of whom was born just months ago, followed her out onto the podium. Moments after the rally had ended, Palin offered her first interview to People magazine [which shares the same parent company, TIME Inc., as Time], which boasts an overwhelmingly female readership. "What I've had to do, though, is in the middle of the night, put down the Blackberries and pick up the breast pump--do a couple of things different and still get it all done," she told the magazine...
...There is some truth in both images. But the 20 Beijing-based journalists interviewed by University of Iowa journalism professor Judy Polumbaum in China Ink fall somewhere in the middle. Caught between a free market that rewards investigative reporting with increased readership and a fearful government that does its best to discourage whistle-blowing, these astute professionals - most lead their field as top editors, columnists or foreign correspondents - are forced to adopt new definitions of success. The values that they strive to maintain - avoiding bias, exposing wrongdoing and captivating an audience - will be recognized by journalists everywhere, however...
...only was "The United States of Lyncherdom" politically incorrect, it still is. It blames one of the most shameful aspects of American history on moral correctness, the herd mentality that prevailed among Americans who regarded themselves as right thinking. Twain decided that the country, or at least his readership, was not ready for that essay. It wasn't published until 1923, when Twain's literary executor slipped it, hedgily edited, into a posthumous collection. Not until 2000 did it appear in its original form, and then in an obscure, scholarly publication. It takes a genius to strike the funny bone...
...Though the publication had a relatively small readership, an article that Stone wrote managed to reach one of the most powerful figures in Washington: George S. McGovern, the Democratic senator from South Dakota who had chaired the party’s commission to reform the primary process...