I agree that intellectual virtues like humility, reflection, scepticism and doubt are to be prized in journalists. But journalism cannot escape politics. Journ

I agree that intellectual virtues like humility, reflection, scepticism and doubt are to be prized in journalists. But journalism cannot escape politics. Journalists have to choose what to write about, and to do that involves an evaluative judgement about which issues are worth discussing, and which aren't. Similar things can be said about what journalists choose to focus on within individual pieces - whose voices they elevate, what issues they emphasise, the context they include, and so on. Journalism is not science!