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Well, she resigned in protest of the entire newspaper becoming an opinion piece. But the idea that news is without bias/opinion is a bit controversial. They ha

Well, she resigned in protest of the entire newspaper becoming an opinion piece. But the idea that news is without bias/opinion is a bit controversial. They have limited space, what they choose to report on and not, promote, etc. are all forms of opinion that reflects ideology. Maybe it is us in our era who are too naive and gullible, asking for something that isn't possible, instead of learning to think for ourselves and be critical.

gopher_space 2y ago
> But the idea that news is without bias/opinion is a bit controversial. It's not controversial, it's an idea only held by morons who didn't finish high school. To be clear, everyone in this country with a GED or higher has taken classes on media literacy and bias and understands that unbiased news isn't a thing and never has been.
- Clubber 2y ago
  It was really good during Cronkite and pretty much died with "Fake but accurate," from Dan Rather, who was ironically Cronkite's successor. Back then, they tried really hard, but today, they just don't have the integrity to do that anymore. I'm not sure if it's due to personnel/editor issues (i.e. journalistic activism), or the nature of the declining business model dictates they have to pander to their audiences. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Cronkite https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Cronkite https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killian_documents_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killian_documents_controversy Here's a Cronkite interview from 1983, the last section is particularly enlightening (5:38). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6LVCd6mFHE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6LVCd6mFHE