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It can exist if you list all important facts, not just the ones that tell the story you want. NPR is definitely not doing that. A single fact or a group of han
by Vaslo 4y ago
It can exist if you list all important facts, not just the ones that tell the story you want.
NPR is definitely not doing that. A single fact or a group of handpicked facts is not the truth.
- el_benhameen 4y agoHuh? Who determines which facts are important to a story? It’s turtles all the way down.
- daedalus_j 4y agoLet's make up an example: Fact A) Carrots are healthy. Fact B) Carrots may be carcinogenic. These are both inherently important facts to any story talking about the health, or danger, of carrots. To present a position on if one should be eating carrots or not, without including both of these facts, is to handpick facts to tell the story you want to tell.
- jahsome 4y agoHandpicking, aka gatekeeping, is a core tenet of journalism. It's a requirement of the newsgathering process and determining which facts are relevant (newsworthy) _is_ a reporter's job, while the editorial process provides the necessary checks and balances.