http://rrj.ca/keeping-up-appearances/ Canada's Watchdog on the watchdogs Sun, 15 May 2016 11:59:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://rrj.ca/keeping-up-appearances/#comment-588272 Mon, 14 Mar 2016 17:22:22 +0000 http://rrj.journalism.ryerson.ca/?p=1738#comment-588272 Why would you be surprised or angry that good looks and, I add, a good voice is the primary requirement for new anchors (both genders now days)? News anchoring is not journalism. All the news anchor does is read content compiled by someone else. Actually, the news casting profession is more honest now days. Decades ago the news anchoring profession had allusions to journalism. News anchors had to be trusted by the viewers. Why is trust a requirement for a new anchor? They have not researched the news they read on air.

]]> http://rrj.ca/keeping-up-appearances/#comment-588271 Mon, 14 Mar 2016 17:21:34 +0000 http://rrj.journalism.ryerson.ca/?p=1738#comment-588271 Why would you be surprised or angry that good looks and, I add, a good voice is the primary requirement for new anchors (both genders now days)? News anchoring is not journalism. All the news anchor does is read content compiled by someone else. Actually, the news casting profession is more honest now days. Decades ago the news anchoring profession had allusions to journalism. News anchors had to be trusted by the viewers. Why is trust a requirement for a new anchor? They haven’t researched the news they read on air.

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