RE: Is Unbiased Journalism Still Possible?
Journalists are certainly human, and I don't think it's possible to separate their personal opinion from the news, but as you've noted, news is too often manipulated. Professional journalists still exist, those who love debate, who don't get caught up in mass thinking, yet I see them increasingly rare. When I see journalists agree with whatever a politician says or disagree with whatever another politician says, when I see them becoming politicians themselves, arguing among themselves, with no respect for the public's intelligence, then I feel truly sad. I've always thought of journalists as a counterweight to power and politics, but instead they've become their tool. And what can we do? TV debates have become unsustainable, bordering on the ridiculous. I have less and less faith in the press today, and I hope I'm wrong and can find a modicum of objectivity again.
You’ve actually summarised the whole debate in just one paragraph, so very rightly said. Now, add to this the fury of war between two bordering countries: the damage, the devastation, the sheer scale of it all. Shouldn’t the media tread a little more carefully? Forget about social media or smaller outlets—I’m talking about the mainstream media. The damage these rascals have done is irreversible, and generations to come will be left to deal with it, if we even survive this catastrophe.
I try to understand, but fortunately I've never experienced war. I don't know what it really means. I believe that if their work is often biased and dishonest, this applies to small things as well as to the most important ones. If the new generation of journalists has been trained in a certain environment, then it doesn't matter whether the news is the horror of war or a small incident. If the mainstream media is going in one direction, then there are few opportunities to get objective, unmanipulated news. Add to that the fact that for some, the more catastrophic and disastrous the news, the greater the opportunity for audiences, work, and earnings... 😥
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