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JOURNALISM FUNDAMENTALS
JOURNALISTS GET IT WRONG. THEY BUILD FACTS INTO
TRUTHS. THEY CALL THESE TRUTHS PROOF OF THEIR
HONESTY, INTEGRITY, OBJECTIVITY.
TRUTHS ARE IN FACT, NOT OBJECTIVE. THERE MAY BE MULTIPLE
TRUTHS TO A STORY OR ISSUE. THERE ARE DIFFERENT TRUTHS
FOR DIFFERENT PARTICIPANTS IN A STORY.
TRUTHS ARE VERY RARELY UNIVERSAL, BUT ARE TRUE IN A LIMITED
SENSE. JOURNALISTIC TRUTH IS AKIN TO SCIENTIFIC
CONCLUSIONS ABOUT A SINGLE EXPERIMENT (STORY) APPLYING
MORE BROADLY.
JOURNALISTIC TRUTHS RELY ON VALUE STATEMENT(S) AND EXIST
WITHIN A SYSTEM OF BELIEFS. TRUTHS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH GOOD/
EVIL STATEMENTS. THEY ENFORCE SHOULDS, AS IN SPECIFIC
BEHAVIORS OR WAYS TO ACT.
MOST JOURNALISM TODAY COUCHES ITSELF AS REPORTING AND ABOVE
THE FRAY. THAT IS INCORRECT. A JOURNALIST PURSUING TRUTH
IS LIKE IT OR NOT IS PRACTICING ADVOCACY JOURNALISM.
JOURNALISTS IN THE MSM (MAINSTREAM MEDIA) ARE RECEIVING
PUBLIC CRITICISM AND HARMING THEIR OWN REPUTATIONS
BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE ABOUT. THEY
HAVE A CONFUSED SELF IMAGE. THE PUBLIC INSTINCTIVELY REACTS
TO SUBCONSCIOUS MIXED MESSAGES AND GETS CONFUSED, ANGRY,
OR DISENCHANTED.
THERE IS A JOURNALISTIC TRUISM THAT 'ADVOCACY JOURNALISM
IS BAD JOURNALISM'. JOURNALISTS SHOULD BE LIKE THE BEST
TEACHERS, OR A PUBLIC COURT OF LAW. INSTEAD THE INDUSTRY
SQUANDERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BETTER PEOPLES LIVES OR
CORRECT. THEY HAVE LEARNED A LOT BY EXPLORING ISSUES,
INTERACTING WITH PEOPLE AND IDEAS FROM ALL PARTS OF
SOCIETY. BUT, THEY ACCEPT THE SYSTEM, AS IS, AND
DEFER POLICY IMPROVEMENTS OR PLATFORMS TO ANOTHER
INSTITUTION, A POLITICAL PARTY OR ADVOCACY GROUP.
I CHALLENGE THE INDUSTRY TO CONVEY SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS
THEY COVER.
CHRIST
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