Re:Political Bias Is Destroying Peoples Faith in Journalism
by RickJWagner on Wednesday February 27, 2019 @10:06PM
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Of course it's possible to write about the government shutdown or the border wall from a neutral point of view.
If you can't imagine such a story would possibly portray the current administration in a positive light, then you are not visualizing the story from the other point of view. Imagine allowing the White House to write the story, for instance. Or Fox News. Or the RNC. etc. I'm not saying this is the way the story should be written-- only that it is certainly possible to spin the story either way.
It's the journalist's job to present just the facts, without spin. It's not an easy task, but that's the way it should be.
If you can't imagine such a story would possibly portray the current administration in a positive light, then you are not visualizing the story from the other point of view. Imagine allowing the White House to write the story, for instance. Or Fox News. Or the RNC. etc. I'm not saying this is the way the story should be written-- only that it is certainly possible to spin the story either way.
It's the journalist's job to present just the facts, without spin. It's not an easy task, but that's the way it should be.