The NYT's view of "journalistic objectivity"

Salon by Glenn Greenwald | Dec. 24, 2009 (Opinion)

(Blog Post) Americans love to believe that the differences in perception between themselves and the Muslim world are due to the fact that Americans are rational, well-informed, free and advanced, while those in predominantly Arab or Muslim countries are propagandized, irrational, primitive, conspiratorial, and misled (here's a classic case of that self-loving view from The New Republic's Michael Crowley today, fretting that anti-Americanism is so high in Pakistan not ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Dec 23, 2009 - 6:09 AM PST
Reviewed by: Kaizar Campwala (review), Andre Heinemann (review), Chris Finnie (review), Subramanya Sastry (review)
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - Dec 24, 2009 - 8:36 PM PST

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Andre Heinemann
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 by Andre Heinemann - Dec. 25, 2009

Interesting opinion piece taking a close look at "journalistic objectivity" in the context of torture by the US and other governments. It pinpoints the effects of journalistic word-choice and frequency of reporting on public perception; a well-sourced and interesting read.

I have always been wondering about objectivity or the lack thereof; then again, what is objectivity really? There is no way to report everything so a selection has to be made; even without that restriction one person's perception and account of an event may vastly differ from someone else's. Who is to say that one is more correct and objective than the other? Philosophical discussion aside, we could start by giving the same name to the same action no matter where it happened... My ... More »

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Chris Finnie
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 by Chris Finnie - Dec. 25, 2009

Unreadable.

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Subramanya Sastry
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 by Subramanya Sastry - Dec. 25, 2009
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Kaizar Campwala
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 by Kaizar Campwala - Dec. 25, 2009
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