Dan Balz Says Partisanship is Changing Political Journalism
Posted: 4/10/2013 | By: Amanda O’Donnell | The Daily Texan
A widening divide in the political
parties is changing how journalists report on government affairs,
according to Dan Balz, chief political correspondent at the Washington
Post.
In a lecture titled “Red and Blue America: Politics and Journalism in a Divided Country,” Balz gave insight to the reasons for America’s growing partisanship including the decline in independent voters, shift in republican viewpoints and geographic polarization.
In a lecture titled “Red and Blue America: Politics and Journalism in a Divided Country,” Balz gave insight to the reasons for America’s growing partisanship including the decline in independent voters, shift in republican viewpoints and geographic polarization.