Book chapter
Is Objective News Possible?
Journalism Ethics, pp.153-164
Oxford University Press
02/16/2010
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195370805.003.0010
Abstract
The structure of this chapter is as follows. It briefly explains the nature of objective news and of the debate regarding its possibility. It then assesses the main arguments for the unattainability of objective news. A close examination of these arguments shows that, contrary to widespread belief, journalists who try to provide objective news are not striving in vain. The chapter discusses the effect of competing journalistic aims and other limitations on our efforts to generate objective news. It suggests that the unwarranted skepticism regarding the possibility of objective news is an artifact of the changing priorities of journalists and inadequate journalistic methods, and that the only real issue is how we can better train those journalists who want to generate objective news.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Is Objective News Possible?
- Creators
- Carrie Figdor
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Journalism Ethics, pp.153-164
- DOI
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195370805.003.0010
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press; New York
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/16/2010
- Academic Unit
- Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Philosophy
- Record Identifier
- 9984070831002771
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