Posted on 03/30/2019 11:22:24 AM PDT by OddLane
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/08/business/balance-fairness-and-a-proudly-provocative-presidential-candidate.html
“Trump Is Testing the Norms of Objectivity in Journalism”
By Jim Rutenberg
Aug. 7, 2016
If you’re a working journalist and you believe that Donald J. Trump is a demagogue playing to the nation’s worst racist and nationalistic tendencies, that he cozies up to anti-American dictators and that he would be dangerous with control of the United States nuclear codes, how the heck are you supposed to cover him?
Because if you believe all of those things, you have to throw out the textbook American journalism has been using for the better part of the past half-century, if not longer, and approach it in a way you’ve never approached anything in your career. If you view a Trump presidency as something that’s potentially dangerous, then your reporting is going to reflect that. You would move closer than you’ve ever been to being oppositional . . .
Nope. They crossed the Rubicon. They burned their bridges. They can no longer pretend objectivity. They lost half the country - permanently, and the other half doesn’t want objectivity from their news.
Thank you. Kerry negotiated with the Communists at least twice (Nicaragua and North Vietnamese )...
Thank you. Yes, Kerry was a piece of work. Glad he sank back into the Swamp!
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