There are to different things. There's the normative and the positive view. As a journalist and a press fotographer you should try (!) to be as objective and as neutral as possible when transporting news (normative). That's the goal. Watching at the media (and my own work) i see, of course, that nobody really is neutral or objective. As many before me said, there are always biases.
But that doesn't stop me to try (!) to be as close to a neutral view of reality as possible. -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht----- Von: Graywolf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Dienstag, 25. Januar 2005 16:41 An: [email protected] Betreff: Re: AW: Dogmatism: what is allowed? Slanting (editorializing news articles) has been going on since the first broadside was printed. Anyone who doesn't realize that is pretty gullible. Actually it is pretty hard to write anything without your own biases creeping in, so it is not always deliberate. You used to (40-50 years ago) be able to get a pretty neutral idea of the news by reading the city's competing daily newspapers and comparing them to each other, but those have pretty much disappeared. I use to listen to Radio Havana and Radio America, and figured the truth was someplace in between the two on the international front. Now I almost never listen to or read the news. That helps with the ulcers. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" ----------------------------------- Peter J. Alling wrote: > It's that way in the US but with some papers opinion has been creeping > into what's supposed to be simply > factual news for years. > > Michael Heim wrote: > >> Interesting point: in german media (and german speaking switzerland) >> opinions are marked as "commentary" or "Opinion" in most newspapers >> or newsmagazines. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.2 - Release Date: 1/21/2005
