3) and 5) are often contradictory, which is the key problem of "objective" journalism. If you don't use your own opinions/interpretations, whose do you use? N

3) and 5) are often contradictory, which is the key problem of "objective" journalism. If you don't use your own opinions/interpretations, whose do you use? Not interjecting opinion in practice means accepting the conventional wisdom, or accepting the framing of the subject of your article. Since both the conventional wisdom and the subjects of an article have a bias away from the truth, you cannot refrain from opinion and seek the truth.