>Report the facts and leave the opinion to someone else. Exactly. But that doesn't mean that journalists (or anyone else, as that's important in many non-jour

>Report the facts and leave the opinion to someone else. Exactly. But that doesn't mean that journalists (or anyone else, as that's important in many non-journalistic contexts) don't or shouldn't have opinions. Rather the goal should be to report the facts without bias. That may sound like hair-splitting, but it isn't. We're humans and we all have opinions, biases and ideas of our own. But when it comes to reporting news or just facts/results (e.g., revenue figures, safety/efficacy testing results, etc.) the idea is to consciously set aside those biases. Some do that better than others, which prsents an arbitrage opportunity that allows those with no desire or intention to report honestly/factually to insert blatantly false and/or misleading information. Quality reporting of news and fact doesn't require a lack of opinion or bias about the subject at hand. Rather it requires the desire, willingness and ability to set aside those things in support of trustworthy reporting. There are many reasons why that arbitrage opportunity exists, but the existence of opinions on the part of those reporting isn't a major contributor, IMHO. As the old saw goes, "opinions are like assholes. Everyone has one."