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It’s possible to insert a few sentences factually accounting for a person’s character without inserting a subjective judgement of character. For example you co
by Apreche 2y ago
It’s possible to insert a few sentences factually accounting for a person’s character without inserting a subjective judgement of character.
For example you could say:
Joey JoeJoe, billionaire CEO, who notably said horrible things, was convicted of some crimes, and ate three babies, was quoted as saying “machine learning is just so awesome”.
There, you didn’t inject a judgement. You accurately quoted the subject. You gave the reader enough contextual information about the person so they know how much to trust or not-trust the quote.
- secondcoming 2y ago"Nelson Mandela, convicted of some crimes, calls for World Peace"
- cogman10 2y agoThis does often happen (depending on the leaning of the newspaper, it's omitted if the figure is someone supported and emphasized otherwise). A major problem, though, is headlines don't and can't carry this context. And those are the things most people read. The best you'll get is "Joey JoeJoe says machine learning is just so awesome" or at best "Joey JoeJoe comments on ML. The 3rd word will blow you away!".
- afavour 2y agoExtreme examples are easy. But you can pick and choose which facts to present to the reader to affect the judgement they’re making. It would be trivially easy to paint Bill Gates as either a legendary humanitarian or a ruthless capitalist egotist to someone that’s never heard of him.
- VonGallifrey 2y ago> who notably said horrible things How do you objectively decide which statements are horrible and which aren't? The other stuff you listed are facts, but this one would be subjective. That isn't just providing contextual information, but adding personal bias into the reporting.