Biz journalism to blame for lack of knowledge about business world
April 3, 2009
Arthur Alpert, who used to work at the Financial News Network and CNBC, writes in the New Mexico Independent that the lack of understanding about the business world by consumers if the fault of the financial press.
Albert writes, “While all journalism is fallible, financial news presents special difficulties because its subject matter is arcane.
“Financial reporters and editors should, therefore, reexamine the conventions of their trade, including its language.We readers can burnish our skepticism and seek alternative accounts of what’s happening.
“That’s requires effort, true, but nothing compared to solving the puzzle of existence.”
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Biz journalism to blame for lack of knowledge about business world
April 3, 2009
Arthur Alpert, who used to work at the Financial News Network and CNBC, writes in the New Mexico Independent that the lack of understanding about the business world by consumers if the fault of the financial press.
Albert writes, “While all journalism is fallible, financial news presents special difficulties because its subject matter is arcane.
“Financial reporters and editors should, therefore, reexamine the conventions of their trade, including its language.We readers can burnish our skepticism and seek alternative accounts of what’s happening.
“That’s requires effort, true, but nothing compared to solving the puzzle of existence.”
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