<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Todd J. Behme:
<p>What about press rooms in government buildings? Isn't a newspaper that uses those accepting a form of funding? Do they or should they pay for that office space?<hr></blockquote><p>Yes, we could take this too far. But there is a significant difference between these two scenarios:<p>1) Missourian sports writers use the press box at Missouri's stadium without paying for the "office space."
2) The Missouri football program sponsors the sports desk at the Missourian, and then the paper's sportswriters write about the team.<p>Which of the two do you think might affect reader's belief that the paper's coverage is free from influence? In a perfect world, we could be concerned with actual influences on our news coverage, not just perceived influences. Wake me when the world turns perfect. This is a no-brainer.<p>btw, Missouri was
ranked fourth in the last update of the "Tarnished Twenty."<p>[ August 11, 2003: Message edited by: Tim Hathcock ]</p>