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Reporting should be objective. Editorial opinion, by it's very definition, should not be. Many people seem to not grasp this fundamental aspect of journalism.
by standardUser 2y ago
Reporting should be objective. Editorial opinion, by it's very definition, should not be.
Many people seem to not grasp this fundamental aspect of journalism.
- PaulDavisThe1st 2y ago> Reporting should be objective Reporting cannot be objective. The most basic reason is the framing problem: deciding what facts about the world are relevant to the story being told. The things left in, the things left out. How much history do you include? How great is the geographic scope? Whose grievances matter, and whose do not? Every decision you are forced to make about such questions moves you, inch by millimeter, away from any conventional definition of "objective reporting".
- standardUser 2y agoAbsolutely. I should have said "strive to be objective" as I did in another comment. And the solution is to have more news sources, more organizations, each with their own set of biases and perspectives that, when taken together, offer people a more diverse view of the world and what's happening in it. But we've been moving in the opposite direction, with media outlets being bought up or going out of business, while others become nakedly hyper-partisan with little reporting and tons of ultra-biased opinion. Many "news" sources these days just make shit up and post straight up lies and conspiracy theories. It's a bad scene. Which is why so many people are pissed to see the Washington Post, one of the last bastions of reputable journalism, succumbing to political pressure.