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One can report facts about unethical businesses without asserting personal beliefs, otherwise it's just bad journalism. If the background and evidence are suffi
by BiasRegularizer 7y ago
One can report facts about unethical businesses without asserting personal beliefs, otherwise it's just bad journalism. If the background and evidence are sufficient, the readers can draw their own conclusions. There is no need to tell the readers what is evil and what is not.
In this case, the author emphasized too much on his/her own belief, which erodes into the integrity of the valuable facts he provided. His/her personal opinions turned an exposé into an editorial.
- cyborgx7 7y agoThis is hyperindividulaism driven to an absurd degree. Activism is a good thing. We shouldn't all be limited to apolitically spout facts at eachother, hoping enough people will independently come to the right conclusion and spontanously solve the problem. Convincing people and trying to organize are essential in affecting change.
- yqx 7y agoYou're criticizing this article for failing to meet standards it never purports to uphold. This is an essay / personal account of events, not journalism. For an essay, in my opinion, it stays in rather neutral territory, making some uncontroversial observations that climate change is bad, that big oil plays a major role it, and expressing some enthusiasm for standing up against partnerships with big oil, but not otherwise making strong claims about what should be done.