“For a long time, ‘objectivity’ packaged together many important ideas about truth and trust. American journalism has disowned that brand without offering a replacement.”
It’s like kryptonite for responsible news organizations: the stronger their piety to journalistic ethics and the ideal of objectivity, the more vulnerable they are to accusations made in bad faith.
A new study looks at how people in seven countries view the motives of the news media in covering the pandemic. Only in the United States is that a profoundly partisan question.
The BBC reprimands a morning-show host for saying a racist comment by Donald Trump made her furious: “Our audiences should not be able to tell from BBC output the personal opinions of our journalists.”
A deep linguistic analysis finds that newspapers today are a lot like newspapers 30 years ago. But TV news — especially cable news — has ramped up the emotion, the conversationality, and the arguing.
“To hold future journalism accountable (not simply to describe its dynamics to interested readers), public editors must speak a new language of platform ethics that is part professional journalism, part technology design, all public values.”
Ananny, Mike. "Mike Ananny: It’s time to reimagine the role of a public editor, starting at The New York Times." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 17 Mar. 2016. Web. 10 May. 2024.
APA
Ananny, M. (2016, Mar. 17). Mike Ananny: It’s time to reimagine the role of a public editor, starting at The New York Times. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved May 10, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2016/03/mike-ananny-its-time-to-reimagine-the-role-of-a-public-editor-starting-at-the-new-york-times/
Chicago
Ananny, Mike. "Mike Ananny: It’s time to reimagine the role of a public editor, starting at The New York Times." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified March 17, 2016. Accessed May 10, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2016/03/mike-ananny-its-time-to-reimagine-the-role-of-a-public-editor-starting-at-the-new-york-times/.
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