Helen simply made the mistake of allowing what she REALLY believes to slip out!! Leftists can’t AFFORD that. Unless, of course, they’re in congress or the Whitey House.
Maybe, if nothing else, Helen’s unfortunate lack of poise forced the journalistic community remember its charter.
By definition, journalists must at least APPEAR unbiased. No one has the expectation that they are bloodless mannequins… so we all know they must have views of their own.
That said, journalists more than any other people, MUST keep their own views to themselves. What good are they as professionals if they superimpose their views and opinions on the facts?
Think of it:
• Generals must not mouth THEIR personal politics while holding command
• Soldiers in all ranks are counseled to never publicly state personal politics
• Professors must not preach personal politics in the classroom (but THIS group routinely disregards this rule with impunity)
• Employers are held to particular standards in that personal politics are NOT a condition of employment or of retaining employment once hired
• Priests/preachers cannot and should not bring personal politics to the pulpit
Why is it that Americans so willingly and even gladly tolerate overt and extreme bias from the profession which represents the primary and, for some, the only source of continuous information on the world, politics, economics, education, society, etc.?
Why do we as Americans so vigilantly and dutifully safeguard the freedom of the press for this tribe of wholly subjective, disreputable and unscrupulous entertainment wannabe’s who have long since gratuitously squandered our confidence and compromised their contract with America… and continue to do so with each word they write or speak?
What was a noble profession is now a national joke. If I want news, the MSM is the last place I’ll look.