Block · one region of the page, as the scanner read it. It may hold a whole story, part of one, several, or an advertisement; stitching blocks into articles is the next step. Text is supplied OCR.
Page 4 · column 2 of 5 · from the scan, no model involved
By Christine Tatum
In the public’s eyes, just about the only folks struggling with believability issues more than the Bush administration are journalists.
And journalists largely have themselves to thank for that.
This week, newsrooms nationwide are observing Ethics in Journalism Week, and they have a sorry state of affairs to consider.
Since the mid-1980s, Americans have been increasingly skeptical of the information they receive from the news media, and no major news outlet has escaped the trend, according to The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press.
Last year, only 19 percent of people surveyed by the Project for Excellence in Journalism said they believed “all or most” of what they read in their daily newspaper, a drop of 10 points in eight years. Another 40 percent believed only “a good deal” of what they read in the paper.
The loss of public crust should come as no surprise. Journalists have been caught making up stories (Jayson B)air, formerly of The New York Times, and others); rushing stories into the public
85.4%