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Media Daily News ^ | June 23, 2011 | Wayne Friedman

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I don’t know that “wise men” like Thomas Sowell claim objectivity. They simply apply their learned skills of critical thinking to their historical knowledge to the subject at hand, and, yes, I think they value humility because they are aware of the frailties of human thought and knowledge. They accept that as a given and they don’t dwell on it. I doubt they shrink from being called wise because they know the above plus they know of the equal frailties of the ones calling them wise. They just let it be.

My point is that journalists claim objectivity (or, what amounts to the same thing, they claim that people who call them objective are themselves objective.

And I am unable to discern any real difference between the journalist claiming objectivity and the sophist claiming wisdom. Either way, the claim is a way of attempting to prevent anyone from disagreeing with the claimant. No one who cares about truth would do such a thing.