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Policy and a Pint: The Line Between News and Opinion

Posted at 9:17 PM on December 15, 2010 by Julia Schrenkler (1 Comments)
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Talking with people after the Policy and a Pint event, a common theme emerged: This topic needs much, much more discussion. Questions about false equivalency, media trust, and the role of the audience may not have easy answers, but they're worth tough - even uncomfortable - discussion.

You can replay the liveblog (which is much more play-by-play than color, and includes tweets from the audience) as well as share your own comments on The Line Between News and Opinion in response to this blog post.

Policy and a Pint® is an event series co-sponsored by the Citizens League and 89.3 The Current, that engages young people in important conversations about public policy in Minnesota.

Comments (1)

This comment came in via Twitter after the liveblog closed, and I didn't want to lose it.

"@juliaschrenkler the problem w/'opinions' is they blend normative assertions w/implicit assertions of fact, which are not vetted #policypint"

- @lawnonymous on Twitter

It was in reply to my tweet trying to capture MPR Regional News & Information Service Director Chris Worthington's statement:

"Worthington - finding out the context behind an assertion is a value, a service to democracy #policypint"

Posted by Julia Schrenkler, MPR | December 16, 2010 9:55 AM

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