The Intercept
@theintercept@journa.host  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago
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
Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic@mamot.fr  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
@ZhiZhu@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago
Meme with an image of uneven scales to the left and the text: “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect. There is nothing more or else to it, and there never has been." ~Frank Wilhoit, composer https://crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/liberals-against-progressives/#comment-729288
Meme with an image of uneven scales to the left and the text: “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect. There is nothing more or else to it, and there never has been." ~Frank Wilhoit, composer https://crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/liberals-against-progressives/#comment-729288
Meme with an image of uneven scales to the left and the text: “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect. There is nothing more or else to it, and there never has been." ~Frank Wilhoit, composer https://crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/liberals-against-progressives/#comment-729288
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