Friday, September 23, 2005
Impartial? Peace of Cake.
The class had a big discussion yesterday about whether any news is truly impartial. It was all getting a little philosophical with half a dozen people claiming that they personally didn't think they could write an unbiased report. I think they're overthinking this thing. Impartial simply means showing both sides of the story. It isn't that hard to do. Talk to the people involved, get your facts straight and avoid emotive language. Naturally, welve all encountered examples of severely biased journalists, stories and newspapers, but most of the news we read is pretty fair.
Who's gonna take an extreme angle when they're asked to cover a fireman rescuing a woman?
{Edit: Yeah, I spotted the typo in the subject too but I kinda like it.}
Who's gonna take an extreme angle when they're asked to cover a fireman rescuing a woman?
{Edit: Yeah, I spotted the typo in the subject too but I kinda like it.}