Saturday 5 February 2011
On Objectivity and Truth ☀
As a blogger I feel no responsibility toward objectivity. I’ll leave the perpetuation of the myth of an unbiased center to more traditional media.
I think there is a duty to tell the truth fairly. I’m not inclined to echo vacuous talking points of people I normally agree with. But balance for the sake of appearing balanced? You can balance anything if you put the fulcrum in the right place.
I believe people confuse OBJECTIVITY with NEUTRALITY.
One can be biased to a given point of view, but be objective in issuing assertions on the empirical evidence and acknowledging the perspective of the other side.
One can adopt a “neutral point of view” and yet totally slant reporting to suit a chosen narrative.
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