How "Objectivity" Came to Define American Journalism
by
David T.Z. Mindich
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1998
If American journalism were a religion, as it has been called, then its supreme deity would be "objectivity." The high priests of the profession worship the concept, while the iconoclasts of advocacy journalism, new journalism, and cyberjournalism consider objectivity a golden calf. Meanwhile,...