06-26-2017, 11:41 PM
(06-22-2017, 04:57 PM)Dill Wrote: LOL Did you favor us all by explaining your position "more than not at all"?
Sure, in liberal democracies, journalism is about informing voting citizens. That means, along with reporting the weather and sports, watching elected officials closely and often challenging their version of events--and also those events as represented in other news sources, since some may be more partisan than others. All that involves providing context and back story, and including contrary points of view. It does not mean giving everyone a voice. It means editorial decisions play a central roll in what is reported and how. Nowhere is anyone reporting "just facts."
Journalism encompasses both opinions and facts.
Appears you're making no distinction between opinion columns/editorials and the reporting of current events, more commonly known as "the news".
Walter Kronkites todays media are not.
Point out what isn't fact Dill.
