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When procrastinating from law school, I write about politics, tech, or whatever else I'm interested in. Feel free to tweet me up (@devinjohnston).
When procrastinating from law school, I write about politics, tech, or whatever else I'm interested in. Feel free to tweet me up (@devinjohnston).
Posted by Devin Johnston on April 21st, 2009
Having just finished my final exams for my second year of law school, I am pleased to return to blogging regularly. As some of my readers may know, my academic background prior to law school is in philosophy (I have noticed that this is true of many young people interested in politics). Early on in my academic journey, I started noticing that many people hold political views that correspond with particular philosophical views. Perhaps this is unsurprising, insofar as a one's philosophical views reveal a great deal about one's character and mode of thinking, but I'm wondering whether others have made the same observation and the extent to which my observations hold true.
Posted by Devin Johnston on February 8th, 2009
Pictured above: Bob Woodward by cliff1066. A theme that has come up again and again in my RSS reader of late is the role of media in a modern democracy. The blog Accidental Deliberations writes "it should [...] be asked whether the way politics are treated in the media exacerbates the rooting-for-laundry mentality". Meanwhile Progressive Bloggers admin Scott Tribe questions the media's reliance on uncorroborated anonymous sources to get an inside scoop on political stories. Further, questions about objectivity and impartiality abound. In response, the growing trend of citizen journalism including blogs and other media has positioned itself as a new form of political information that operates on a new paradigm of transparency. In this post, I scratch the surface on a number of different challenges facing political journalism. I won't make any argument today; I simply want to raise a few issues and explore some new ideas.
