--- In [email protected], Adam Quirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/7/05, Enric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I thought objectivity was the significant factor in professional > > journalism (getting mulitple sources, corraboration, etc.) > > > Depends on what kind of journalism you're talking about. Hunter Thompson > started including himself in the accounts of events he was covering and > invented a form of journalism that many people thought was much more honest > than traditional "objective" journalism. > > I tend to think that the most objective any one person can be is a > subjective matter, and that no matter how much distance you try to stick > between the reporter and the story, little pieces of the reporter will > always fall into the story. > > So which form is more legitimate? A story on the BBC that uses nothing but > direct quotes from witnesses, or a story that follows the reporter as he/she > tries to dig up the facts. > > I don't know. I really don't know much about journalism aside from what I've > read in books. I just know when my bullshit filters go off, I start reading > something else. And they have been going off like crazy the past few years > here in America. > > -- > _____ Quirk > _____ Bullemhead.com <http://Bullemhead.com>
Looks like the discussion on objectivity is afoot. Let me start by expanding on what I mean by "objective". First, I do think the old adage of separating ones individuality (views, emotions, history, etc.) in reporting to achieve objectivity is incorrect and misleading. Objectivity is the standard of accurately representing real events. Sometimes this is clear and simple for example for a meteorological report one can clearly show where a hurricane hit, what it's impact was and so forth. Other times it's more difficult when people have competing interests, want to represent things in particular ways that mislead for their own benefit and not reveal all the facts. It is still a reporters job to discover what really happened and what people's actual motivations are. It is not always completely possible to achieve that. But like any goal and standard, one reaches toward it to the best of ones ability and corrects as new information becomes available. What I think is unique in blogging/podcasting/vlogging is that people who intimately know, have a history with and understand of in their neighborhood can give a depth in coverage of people and events that is very hard for a reporter from another city or even a local new agency to achieve. -- Enric Cirne http://www.cirne.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital divide today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/cd_AJB/QnQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
