04-13-2022, 02:32 PM
(04-13-2022, 01:41 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: I never did say that, or anything close to it.
What I will offer is that back in the 1990's, when I was taking Journalism classes en route to a Mass Communications degree, our journalism professor stood by one principle. In a nutshell, that principle was "It's not our job to shape people's opinions. We are to report the facts/events, and allow the reader/listener to make up their own minds on what to think of it.".
It would be nice to see the entire news media industry start trending back that direction.
I agree with you. I had the same class for the same major. Writing "just the facts" is hard, but not impossible.
Unfortunately it also doesn't "sell" when you are filling 24 hours a day every day with "news". Add in a country completely divided in some segments and "bias" is seen sometime simply because they disagree with the facts.
Your anger and ego will always reveal your true self.