Monday, March 1, 1982
Daily Nebraskan
Pago 5
lyi Letters
DN editorials biased
The Daily Nebraskan has ignored its
obvious responsibility to provide a forum
for opposing views in this year's ASUN
election. While providing good coverage
of the Real Party platform, it has neglect
ed to supply the students with positive cov
erage of other party platforms. This res
ponsibility is inherent due to the Daily
Nebraskan's unique position as the only
publication informing students of ASUN
election issues.
Two recent editorials have demonstrat
ed the Daily Nebraskan's tendency to pre
sent the students with biased information;
The Feb. 22 editorial regarding the suppos
ed faults of the Working Coalition's pro
posed changes in the ASUN Senate and the
Feb. 24 editorial in support of the Real
Party candidates Dan Wedekind and Greg
Krieser, were inequitable in their treat
ment of campaign issues. This shows a
lack of concern by the Daily Nebraskan
for its privileged position as a source of
student information.
Through the general news coverage of
the campaign the Daily Nebraskan's bias
has become more pronounced. As the elec
tion date approaches, the voters are pre
sented with less impartial information and
more opinionated views. With voters form
ing their views on important issues what is
needed at this time is specific, complete
and unbiased reporting.
Paul Walsh
Freshman
Mechanical Engineering
David Jensen
Freshman
Mechanical Engineering
Paper doing its job
The opinion of Melba I.Pctrie (Daily
Nebiaskm, Feb. 26) concerning the Daily
Nebraskan endorsement of Dan Wedekind
for ASUN president needs a response. I am
not defending or supporting Wedekind, I
am defending the Daily Nebraskan and in
turn, the practice of printing editorials.
First and foremost, the Daily Nebraskan
endorsement of Wedekind did not "epito
mize shoddy journalistic practices," as
Petrie puts it. Rather, the endorsement
follows a tradition of journalism in this
country dating back to pre-revolutionary
times: A newspaper has the right to, indeed
it should take a stand on important issues,
for that is its responsibility to the public
it serves and is one of the reasons behind
the First Amendment to the U.S. Consti
tution. The Daily Nebraskan was doing its job,
as docs every other paper in this country.
The paper, as far as I know, has almost al
ways endorsed one candidate shortly
before the elections. Like all newspapers,
it has the duty of not only providing the
community with a string of information,
but of tying that information together and
providing the community with responsible
opinions regarding issues which concern
the entire community.
Petrie mentions that this is the only
large publication serving UNL, and this is
true. But she assumes this means it has
tremendous influence over the way UNL
students think. She is quite wrong. Stu
dies show that newspapers' opinions have
little sway over the public's opinions.
Before a paper prints an editorial endorse
ment or denouncement, most peoples'
opinions have already been decided, bas
ed on their own thoughts and the thoughts
of those around them. Anyone who has
been on this campus a reasonable length of
time will tell you that students frequently
disagree with the paper, and the paper does
have its faults. Nobody is perfect. The pap
er's willingness to admit this and print
opinions differing from its own is proven
by the mere fact that Petrie's letter was
printed. The paper doesn't mold the minds
of its readers by any means. Give us stu
dents credit for some intelligence!!
Of course a paper tries to present the
facts with as little bias as possible (there is
no such thing as unbiased journalism, as
those in the field will tell you) and the
Daily Nebraskan has done its best in the
preceding weeks. It has "provided respon
sible presentation of information" (how
many newspapers can you name that
would give serious coverage to a legal party
that even calls itself STUPID?). Informa-
tion and editorials are two entirely differ
ent concepts wliich Petrie apparently con
fuses in her letter. No one who reads an
editorial, clearly labeled as such, takes it
as gospel.
Jeannie Jonaitis
Senior
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