There isn’t. I don’t trust any journalist that claims to be unbiased. It’s a lie, and that lie destroys their credibility. I would rather that the reporter be up front and honest with their point of view so I know the filter through which to read the story. Then I can seek out reports from other points of view, and between them I’ll have a much more accurate picture of the real story.
Bias is not merely on how to report, but perhaps more importantly there is bias in ~what~ to report. For every newsworthy thing that gets reported, there are probably dozens of things that go unreported. Picking the most “valuable” is inescapably the product of the values and biases of the reporters and editors.
The profession of journalism could benifit greatly from a careful de-construction and analysis of the reporting on the war in Iraq. From the beginning, the poison was planted.
IMHO Woodward and Berstein badly damaged the practice of journalism. Now everybody wants to be them, and every story is watergate including the ones that aren’t and nobody seems to know the difference.
22 posted on 10/03/2007 12:28:44 AM EDT by Ramius
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1905682/posts?page=22#22
Excellent points, which are less related to Swordmaker's ping list than to this thread on what is conventionally called "bias in the media" but which I prefer to style "the perspective of journalism."
BTTT