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The best of journalism is about presenting verifiable facts, especially when those facts are inconvenient or suppressed by the powerful. Good journalism is not
by carefulfungi 1y ago
The best of journalism is about presenting verifiable facts, especially when those facts are inconvenient or suppressed by the powerful. Good journalism is not about providing equal forums to all sides to spew propaganda in equally metered time.
See for example https://www.tomrosenstiel.com/essential/the-elements-of-journalism/ https://www.tomrosenstiel.com/essential/the-elements-of-jour...
- diggan 1y ago> Good journalism is not about providing equal forums to all sides to spew propaganda in equally metered time No one claimed this. I'm merely stating the obvious that no one is 100% impartial here, and Reuters is reporting based on what they've been able to verify. > The best of journalism is about presenting verifiable facts The fact is that person X said Y, and that's what they're reporting. It's not original reporting about what the quote is about, it's a quote from a person, and that they're sharing that quote means they've verified that it was said by that person.
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