Pacific Leadership Fellow Paul Ramadge on Politically Slanted U.S. Media
U.S. News Becoming Too Politically Slanted, Visiting Journalism Scholar Argues
10/10/2012
Christine Clark,
UCSD News
With the presidential election heating up, more Americans have been tuning into their favorite news broadcast for the most up-to-date reporting from the campaign trail. However, they might not be getting the whole truth, according to Paul Ramadge, former editor of The Age, one of Australia’s most respected newspapers.
On Oct. 4, Ramadge – now a Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow at Monash University in Melbourne – gave a talk titled “Truth, Knowledge, and Trust in the Media” at the School for International Relations and Pacific Studies’ Deans Roundtable, where he discussed how partisan news reporting was distorting the cornerstone of quality journalism: the truth.
The talk was part of Ramadge’s residency as a fellow for IR/PS’s Pacific Leadership Fellows Program.
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Paul Ramadge is in residence from October to October 12 for the Pacific Leadership Fellows Program at the School's Center for Emerging and Pacific Economies (EmPac). Ramadge is currently the Vice-Chancellor's Professorial Fellow at Monash University. He previously was the well-known Editor-in-Chief of The Age in Melbourne. With a media career spanning more than 30 years, Ramadge is a highly influential opinion leader in Australia. His views on journalism, leadership, audience engagement and the changing nature of the media are highly sought after.
