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I always admire The Economist's willingness to have political ideals, be explicit and unapologetic about them and to be pragmatic about them. It's an attitude t
by reubensutton 13y ago
I always admire The Economist's willingness to have political ideals, be explicit and unapologetic about them and to be pragmatic about them. It's an attitude that should be standard in the media.
- arjunnarayan 13y agoIt is standard in British media.
- 001sky 13y agoI always wondered if that was because the British media are full of students of English, while the US is stuck with students of journalism (eg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journalistic_objectivity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journalistic_objectivity). The latter seems to correlate with a delusion of grandeur.
- reubensutton 13y agoI disagree, whereas it is well-known that sections of the media has a bias which colours it's coverage, it is never explicitly declared and it also tends towards the dogmatic. I would be interested to see an example where this isn't the case.
- dmazin 13y agoOh yeah. Not only is journalistic objectivity utterly nonexistent but the pretense thereof is angering and ultimately damaging to the quality and value of media.