Journalism is not about presenting “both sides” of an issue.
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Journalism is not about presenting “both sides” of an issue. It’s about finding the truth and telling it. And doing so regardless of whether or not it’s popular, profitable, or in the interests of the powerful.
Journalism should be about afflicting the comfortable, etc. It seldom is.
We've had this longish period where we were told not to argue with people who bought ink by the barrel but it's about access to power now.
Journalism needs a new credibility model, too.
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Journalism is not about presenting “both sides” of an issue. It’s about finding the truth and telling it. And doing so regardless of whether or not it’s popular, profitable, or in the interests of the powerful.
@benlockwood 👏 Thank you, finally a post which summarizes this increasing problem very well.
Lots of them need to go back to school and learn again about "journalism as the fourth pillar of democracy". Too many of them appear to have sold their soul to sensationalism, greed and protecting the status quo. Utterly shameful. 🤬
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@wjmaggos I guess "it's impossible to know the outcomes of policy ahead of time" is a position I just fundamentally disagree with so that's probably where the disconnect is.
100%
substituting "storytelling" ability for "knowing wtf you're talking about" is one of my top complaints about the practice/ethics of journalism 🤬
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Journalism is not about presenting “both sides” of an issue. It’s about finding the truth and telling it. And doing so regardless of whether or not it’s popular, profitable, or in the interests of the powerful.
related:
"Quote Origin: News Is What Somebody Does Not Want You To Print. All the Rest Is Advertising"
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/01/20/news-suppress/ -
Journalism is not about presenting “both sides” of an issue. It’s about finding the truth and telling it. And doing so regardless of whether or not it’s popular, profitable, or in the interests of the powerful.
@benlockwood You confuse what is preferable with what is in fact happening. Journalism today is not "about finding the truth and telling it." Have you ever seen a newspaper or TV news program? I don't think you have.
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@benlockwood You confuse what is preferable with what is in fact happening. Journalism today is not "about finding the truth and telling it." Have you ever seen a newspaper or TV news program? I don't think you have.
@Axomamma yeah no shit, that’s very obviously implied
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Journalism is not about presenting “both sides” of an issue. It’s about finding the truth and telling it. And doing so regardless of whether or not it’s popular, profitable, or in the interests of the powerful.
@benlockwood "United beat Chelsea 5-0. We interviewed some Chelsea fans who claim it was actually 4-2 to them. It's not clear when this divisive issue will be resolved."
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@benlockwood "United beat Chelsea 5-0. We interviewed some Chelsea fans who claim it was actually 4-2 to them. It's not clear when this divisive issue will be resolved."
@tehstu @benlockwood
Yup, another classic is a journalist sitting in room with two other people, one claims it has been raining very heavily for 5 hours and the other than it has been warm sunshine. The journalist can look outside for signs of rainy or dry weather and report their findings. -
@Axomamma yeah no shit, that’s very obviously implied
@benlockwood Oh, really? "Obviously implied"? I'm sorry, but words have fucking meanings, Mr. Smarty Pants.
PS: There's a reason I didn't follow you back. And you've just confirmed that I was correct in my initial judgment.
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Journalism is not about presenting “both sides” of an issue. It’s about finding the truth and telling it. And doing so regardless of whether or not it’s popular, profitable, or in the interests of the powerful.
Journalism, yes, absolutely.
It's a pity most of the mainstream media don't hire journalists.
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@lorenzo great! I also like Turin and Forlì. Both of them are special as I have some fantastic memories there
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L’UE applicherà nuovi valori soglia ad alcuni PFAS presenti nelle acque. Ma la soluzione è vietarne la produzione
@news
https://www.eunews.it/2026/02/17/lue-applichera-nuovi-valori-soglia-ad-alcuni-pfas-presenti-nelle-acque-ma-la-soluzione-e-vietarne-la-produzione/
Con il via libera dei Paesi membri, l'inclusione di 24 PFAS nelle sostanze inquinanti per le acque superficiali e sotterranee è in dirittura d'arrivo. In un rapporto, Bruxelles ha stimato che l'applicazione delle nuove
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@pluralistic ''chiuditi presto, non far entrare quel puzzone!''
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Belluno, l'autista che ha lasciato un bambino a piedi sulla neve non guiderà più i bus
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@mwichary @dwhisper @pluralistic
I once saw a detailed write-up of how a single local news story was rewritten, with more and more details added, to become a first-person urban legend (with imaginative quotations from eye-witnesses) about a movie theater demolished while showing "Twister". (Something the print media were fully capable of doing without the assistance of social media.)
Some of this (but none of the detail) is
at https://www.slashfilm.com/1619366/twister-drive-in-urban-legend-explained/
and possibly in the linked video.
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@gianpietro grazie mille! Felice che sia piaciuta!
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@Otttoz han preso cinque bastoni
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