Is Keith Olbermann the Next Edward R. Murrow?

The Nation, Media Channel by Marvin Kitman | Sep. 26, 2007 (Special Report)

What the evening news shows need is less "objectivity" and more analysis. The problem with objective journalism is that it doesn't exist and never did. Molly Ivins disposed of the objectivity question for all time when she observed in 1993, "The fact is that I am a 49-year-old white female, a college-educated Texan. All of that affects the way I see the world. There's no way in hell that I'm going to see anything the same way that a 15-year-old black high ... Full Story »

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by Dale Penn - Oct. 1, 2008

I watch Keith Olberman's show on MSNBC regularly. I also watch NBC's Nightly News with Brian Williams. Often the same stories appear on both broadcasts - I find it fascinating that the manner in which the stories are framed by the anchor has a such an impact on my own experience with the story. It will be interesting to see how the NewsTrust community responds to this article and the concept that "objectivity" exists only as a theory in textbooks.

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