Washington Post columnist: It's 'acceptable' for journalists to be activists, 'they should stand up for civil rights' (Media Propagandists Exposing themselves.)

Fox News ^ | 06/08/2020 | Joseph A. Wulfsohn

[TexasGurl24]

Washington Post media columnist Margaret Sullivan suggested that on Sunday that it's "acceptable" for journalists to be activists for civil rights. Sullivan addressed the inner turmoil that took place at The New York Times last week involving the uproar over an op-ed penned by Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., as well as obstacles journalists have faced in recent weeks like sustaining injuries from the George Floyd protests and the massive layoffs due to the coronavirus pandemic by insisting that journalists "could come out of stronger and better" if they "grapple with some difficult questions." "The core question is this: In this polarized, dangerous moment, what are journalists supposed to be?" Sullivan asked. "Pose that question to most members of the public, and you might get an answer something like this: 'Just tell me the bare facts. Leave your interpretation out of it. And don’t be on anyone’s side.' That’s an appealing idea at first blush. It’s also one that doesn’t always work, especially right now." The media columnist argued that every element of reporting is "the product of choice" from the text to the images, stressing "we choose what to focus on, what to amplify, what to investigate and examine." "That’s why the simplistic 'just the unadorned facts' can be such a canard. And that’s why the notion to 'represent all points of view equally' is absurd and sometimes wrongheaded," Sullivan wrote. "The real answer is to make better, wiser choices — ones that best serve our important mission to find and tell [our version of the] truth."

[Zeroisanumber1]

I agree with her in the sense that it’s childish to think that there is such a thing as “just the facts” because every journalist is a human being with an ideology. I actually prefer it when a journalist admits that they’re writing from an ideological standpoint because at least I’ll know what to watch out for.