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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK
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To: DMaA who wrote (10546)10/21/1998 4:42:00 PM
From: jbe   of 67261
 
You are right about one thing, David. The idea of "impartial" journalism is a relatively new one. But IMO it is a good one, and most newspapers, at any rate, do try to adhere to it. Pefect impartiality (objectivity) is of course impossible, but we should strive towards that ideal. I think that if you will take a mainstream paper like The New York Times, for example, and read ALL the stories about ALL the subjects of the day (not just the Clinton scandal), you may agree that the reporters are at least trying to give you "the straight poop."

(I am not just defending my profession here, BTW. I see myself primarily as a historian, who happens, at the moment, to be earning a living covering issues unrelated to contemporary U.S. politics.)

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