Zhi Zhu 🕸️
@ZhiZhu@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago
Meme, plain white background with black text: Some say that journalists should strive to be “neutral” I disagree. I think journalists should strive to be truthful — like a witness in a trial who is sworn to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Stating a truth that will be used to determine someone’s guilt or innocence is rarely a “neutral” act, but it is a necessary one. When remaining “neutral” is used as an excuse to avoid stating uncomfortable truths — truths that might offend the powerful or the public — that is not journalism. That is cowardice. Watermark: ZmemeZ
Meme, plain white background with black text: Some say that journalists should strive to be “neutral” I disagree. I think journalists should strive to be truthful — like a witness in a trial who is sworn to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Stating a truth that will be used to determine someone’s guilt or innocence is rarely a “neutral” act, but it is a necessary one. When remaining “neutral” is used as an excuse to avoid stating uncomfortable truths — truths that might offend the powerful or the public — that is not journalism. That is cowardice. Watermark: ZmemeZ
Meme, plain white background with black text: Some say that journalists should strive to be “neutral” I disagree. I think journalists should strive to be truthful — like a witness in a trial who is sworn to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Stating a truth that will be used to determine someone’s guilt or innocence is rarely a “neutral” act, but it is a necessary one. When remaining “neutral” is used as an excuse to avoid stating uncomfortable truths — truths that might offend the powerful or the public — that is not journalism. That is cowardice. Watermark: ZmemeZ
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
@ZhiZhu@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago
Meme with a background of clouds in a blue sky and the text: If one politician states that it is raining, and another politician states that it is sunny, a journalist who simply quotes both politicians is not only being lazy, but is also FAILING at journalism. A journalist's job is not simply to quote whatever a politician says. A journalist's job is to “check the weather” and then report on the accuracy or inaccuracy of what has been said. watermark: ZmemeZ
Meme with a background of clouds in a blue sky and the text: If one politician states that it is raining, and another politician states that it is sunny, a journalist who simply quotes both politicians is not only being lazy, but is also FAILING at journalism. A journalist's job is not simply to quote whatever a politician says. A journalist's job is to “check the weather” and then report on the accuracy or inaccuracy of what has been said. watermark: ZmemeZ
Meme with a background of clouds in a blue sky and the text: If one politician states that it is raining, and another politician states that it is sunny, a journalist who simply quotes both politicians is not only being lazy, but is also FAILING at journalism. A journalist's job is not simply to quote whatever a politician says. A journalist's job is to “check the weather” and then report on the accuracy or inaccuracy of what has been said. watermark: ZmemeZ
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