It's not new that news outlets aren't very objective. It is new that so many no longer aspire to be so. That aspiration has a lot of value, particularly where w

It's not new that news outlets aren't very objective. It is new that so many no longer aspire to be so. That aspiration has a lot of value, particularly where we fail to attain it. Two other areas where the same is true: color blindness and meritocracy. These things are worth striving for, especially where we fail at them. The recent trend of dismissing these things even as worthy goals is damaging to our collective pursuit of virtue.