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Jim Bowman covered religion 1968-78 for the Chicago Daily News, since then has written books, articles, etc., mostly on corporate history but also on religion (Company Man: My Jesuit Life, 1950-1968), and more recently on politics (Illinois Blues: How the Ruling Party Talks to Voters -- Lulu.com, Kindle). Longtime Oak Park, Illinois, resident, he lives now on Chicago's North Side, where four of his and Winnie's six children live close by.
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Hey, glad it made some sense. 🙂
Credibility is based on the fact that I can verify (and then respond to) a journo’s opinion. A blogger links to the source of his opinion and over time I can get an idea of his/her judgement. The same applies to a columnist but without the engagement bit that bloggers have.
My other beef with journalism is the ‘myth of objectivity’. No one can be objective, we are too human, although one can be balanced. The two often get confused and that creates problems for journalistic credibility in the long run.
Anyway, you probably know more about this than I do, what with being a journalist yourself. 🙂
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