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Every journalist has an agenda... remember NY Times' "enhanced interrogation"?

• tareqak 8y ago
  Let’s be honest and ask, “Who doesn’t have an agenda?”
  • munk-a 8y ago
    > “Who doesn’t have an agenda?” People who are lying. And journalists having an agenda isn't a bad thing, they just need to stop listening to modern journalist "fair and balanced" lessons from college. When ever you're writing an article make it clear what your general opinion on the subject is so that people can incorporate it into their understanding of your statements. I'd much rather just have transparency of opinion than today's "fair and balanced". Today's news is (generally) written to avoid authors expressing their opinion openly, but sources and statistics will be cherry picked to reinforce their opinion. If that opinion was openly stated it'd be easier to confirm whether the statistics are reasonable neutral or misleading.
    • tareqak 8y ago
      I totally agree. I actually find the "X has an agenda argument" misleading at best in that person stating it is implying that they don't have their own, or that their own agenda is beyond reproach.
  • ddingus 8y ago
    As long as that agenda is known, it can be factired into process to arrive at more equitable outcomes. Not talking honestly about agendas actually does everyone a lot of harm.
    • tareqak 8y ago
      I’m not entirely convinced that you’d actually get more equitable outcomes, but I would definitely appreciate the transparency. I can’t help but think that some people would just stop reading altogether if they saw that article stated their agenda of X, but the reader held their own of Y.