Archive for January 18th, 2008
Journalism + Balance
Friday, January 18th, 2008An excerpt from “Journalism and Truth,” by Tom Goldstein, which I though succinctly describes the issue with trying to be balanced in reporting.
“Most journalists go to extremes to demostrate balance–even if the underlying facts clearly point in one direction. But balancing opposing statements will not necessarily yield truth, which rarely has two sides in the […]