But into the first decades of the twentieth century, even at the New York Times, it was uncommon for journalists to see a sharp divide between facts and values. Yet the belief in objectivity is just this: the belief that one can and should separate facts from values. Facts, in this view, are assertions about the world open to independent validation. They stand beyond the distorting influences of any individual's personal preferences. Values, in this view, are an individual's conscious or unconscious preferences for what the world should be; they are seen as ultimately subjective and so without legitimate claim on other people. The belief in objectivity is a faith in "facts," a distrust of "values," and a commitment to their segregation.
Michael SchudsonTags: media journalism sociology objectivity
Objectivity, in this sense, means that a person's statements about the world can be trusted if they are submitted to established rules deemed legitimate by a professional community. Facts here are not aspects of the world, but consensually validated statements about it.
Michael SchudsonTags: media journalism sociology objectivity
It should be apparent that the belief in objectivity in journalism, as in other professions, is not just a claim about what kind of knowledge is reliable. It is also a moral philosophy, a declaration of what kind of thinking one should engage in, in making moral decisions. It is, moreover, a political commitment, for it provides a guide to what groups one should acknowledge as relevant audiences for judging one's own thoughts and acts.
Michael SchudsonTags: media journalism sociology objectivity
I have seen enormous changes. I have not seen enough change. I, too, can hardly wait.
Kay MillsTags: women feminism journalism
Time dims memory. But not that kind. Somewhere in a corner of the brain, one little cell never forgets. It keeps the song that, heard again, recreates the room, the person, the moment. It preserves the phrase or the laugh or the gesture that resurrects a friend long gone. It knows precisely where you were and what you were doing when you heard about Pearl Harbor if you're old enough, or Kennedy's assassination, or Martin Luther King's, or the Challenger explosion. Every detail is frozen in memory, despite all the years. It keeps the innocuous question, too. The question that sometime later, when all the synapses are working, produces the epiphany, the moment when you're driving along and you realize that finally you understand. And why did it take you so long?
Kay MillsTags: women feminism journalism
With the development of the printing press, not only could text be mass-produced quickly, it could also be mass-produced quickly and incorrectly.
The Bureau ChiefsTags: humor history literacy journalism printing-press
When journalists are 'accused' of being 'advocates', that means: challenging and deviating from DC orthodoxies.
Glenn GreenwaldTags: politics dissent journalism washington-dc 2012 twitter david-petraeus michael-hastings petraeus-scandal
As always, imagine how great the press corps would be if it devoted 1/1000th the energy to dissecting non-sex political wrongdoing
Glenn GreenwaldTags: politics sex united-states media corruption journalism 2012 twitter david-petraeus petraeus-scandal sex-scandals
There hasn't been a scandal this big at the C.I.A. since (CLASSIFIED) committed (CENSORED) to (REDACTED).
Stephen ColbertTags: politics sex united-states media journalism 2012 twitter david-petraeus petraeus-scandal sex-scandals
They're called 'facts', and my role is to amplify those, not cheerlead. And I don't care at all what you think of my motives.
Glenn GreenwaldTags: politics principle dissent facts journalism 2012 twitter
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