November 23, 2001

'Media' Means So Much, It Means Nothing

By TED GUP

"Media," observed British novelist Graham Greene, "is a word that has come to mean bad journalism." He's right. I can't remember the last time anyone referred to "the media" and had a kind word to say.

Now, as a journalist and professor of journalism, I will be the first to admit that there is ample cause to criticize the press. But we journalists have enough sins ourselves without having to take on those of the neighbors down the street -- much less across the globe -- over which we

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