Why do so many Americans distrust what they read in their newspapers? The American Society of Newspaper Editors is trying to answer this painful question. The organization is deep into a long self-anal- ysis known as the journalism credibility project.
　　Sad to say, this project has turned out to be mostly low-level findings about factual errors and spell- ing and grammar mistakes, combined with lots of head-scratching puzzlement about what in the world those readers really want.
　　But the sources of distrust go way deeper. Most journalists learn to see the world through a set of standard templates (patterns) into which they plug each days events. In other words, there is a conven- tional story line in the newsroom culture that provides a backbone and a ready-made narrative structure for otherwise confusing news.
　　There exists a social and cultural disconnect between journalists and their readers, which helps ex- plain why the "standard templates" of the newsroom seem alien to many readers. In a recent survey, questionnaires were sent to reporters in five middle-size cities around the country, plus one large metro- politan area. Then residents in these communities were phoned at random and asked the same" questions.
　　Replies show that compared with other Americans, journalists are more likely to live in up~cale neighborhoods, have maids, own Mercedeses, and trade stocks, and theyre less likely to go to church, do volunteer work, or put down roots in a community.
　　Reporters tend to be part of a broadly defined social and cultural elite, so their work tends to reflect the conventional values of this elite. The astonishing distrust of the news media isnt rooted in inaccuracy or poor reportorial skills but in the daily clash of world views between reporters and their readers.
　　This is an explosive situation for any industry, particularly a declining one. Here is a troubled busi- ness that keeps hiring employees whose attitudes vastly annoy the customers. Then it sponsors lots of sym- posiums and a credibility project dedicated to wondering why customers are annoyed and fleeing in large numbers. But it never seems to get around to noticing the cultural and class biases that so many former buyers are complaining about. If it did, it would open up its diversity program, now focused narrowly on race and gender, and look for reporters who differ broadly by outlook, values, education, and class.
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