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Congratulations to the Fourth Estate

Sep 17, 2012
by Caroline Miller
International Herald Tribune, The Boston Globe, The New York Times
2 Comments

For all the reading I do, I don’t subscribe to a daily newspaper. We have only one in our town and I don’t care much for it. Having been a politician for several years, I’ve had to work with journalists of all political persuasion and long ago lost my faith in journalistic objectivity. Like the making of sausage, once you see how news is written, you won’t want to indulge much.

“Who’s Watching the Watchers?” is a public document I wrote and distributed shortly before my retirement from elected life. In it I exploded a number of myths about journalistic objectivity and as a result, I was dogged by reporters until my last day in office.

To be honest, my treatment in the media wasn’t too bad. Some editors hated my positions; some thought I was a decent public servant. I regret to say others of my fellow politicians weren’t treated as even-handily and the memory of the injustices they suffered never left me.

Still, in spite of the Murdock scandals, which are only the most recent in the business, I’m not an enemy of newspapers. Like Thomas Jefferson, who suffered at the hands of journalists, I share his opinion that, “Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without government, I should not hesitate to prefer the latter.”

Unfortunately, there’s been a lot of talk about the death of the press, so I’m happy to relate that The New York Times has recently reported a growth in its circulation. It now earns more revenue from subscriptions than from advertising. What’s more its sister publications are also turning a profit — the International Herald Tribune and The Boston Globe. (“Business,” The Week, 8/10/12, pg. 32)

Even a curmudgeon like me would say that’s good news for the country.

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  1. Tilly Gaillard September 17, 2012 at 9:00 am Reply
    I either learn something from your articles or enjoy them for their spunkiness. Thanks Carrie. Keep going, Tilly
    • Caroline Miller September 17, 2012 at 11:44 am Reply
      Thanks for your comment, Tilly. When I learn something, I love to share. Failing that, I try for a smile. Lovely to have a reader who "gets me."

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Portland, Oregon author Caroline Miller had distinguished careers as an educator, union president, elected official and artist/advocate.

Her play, Woman on the Scarlet Beast, was performed at the Post5 Theatre, Portland, OR, January/February 2015

Caroline published a serialized novelette, Marie Eau-Claire, on the website, The Colored Lens.  She also published the story Gustav Pavel,  a parable about ordinary lives, choice and alternate potential, on the website Fixional.co.

Caroline has published four novels

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  • Trompe l’Oeil
  • Gothic Spring
  • Heart Land

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