However, new age "Truth is relative," has infused academia.
I will give you a case in point. The incident I am about to describe is what made me stop watching virtually all broadcast news.
After the Oklahoma bombing, I was watching the network news and Bryant Gumbel was standing in front of the bomb site. He was wailing about how the "Ultra-Right" wing hates government and this could probably be traced back to Conservatives.
Now, here is the objective fact... some of the building was blown up. Where does Mr. Gumbel's bizarre rantings come in?
The goal of actual REPORTING is to TRY to present the facts in an objective manner. If the journalism classes do not teach this today, than I am not surprised that Journalists in general are held to such a low regard in public opinion.
One of my partners was telling me about how "All truths are different," and he went on for quite a while. I said in some respects he is correct and ultimately he may even BE correct. So I said "In the practical world, we have to proceed with the notion that some things must be taken for truth." I then threw his pack of cigarettes on the ground. I stated that perhaps it was an illusion but for all intents and purposes in the real world, his cigarettes were still on the floor. See my point?
I am dismayed when society at large buys into a psuedo-intellectualization of metaphysical doctrines that interest me. Hollywood Buddhists are a great example. They miss the ENTIRE point of certain philosophical ideals and then squawk on about how wise they are.
Yet I have news for them... the cigarettes are still on the floor!
Did that make sense? I am drunk shovelling so perhaps I am delirious!
Belief in your own objectivityis the essence of subjectivity.