2 Posts found for Author: Nicholas D. Kristof

How do we cover these issues wherein opinion is extremely polarized but wherein our best judgment is that the truth lies more with one side. In general, the way we cover things is we quote people from one side and the other, and it’s a marketplace of ideas. We let the public decide where the truth lies, but there have been times when that model … [ Read more ]

Author: Nicholas D. Kristof | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subject: Journalism

Larry Summers said that events are mostly negative and trends are mostly positive. Well, we [the news] cover events. If we want to be the first rough draft of history, it’s worthwhile to do a better job covering those positive trends.

Authors: Larry Summers, Nicholas D. Kristof | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Education | Scholarship, History, Journalism, Life & Society