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National Public Radio's Keith Woods writes today: "Report On Racism, But Ditch The Labels."
Woods isn't arguing that the president ISN'T a racist, in fact he pretty clearly says just the opposite.
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Woods isn't arguing that the president ISN'T a racist, in fact he pretty clearly says just the opposite.
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Instead, he's arguing that it's not journalism's place to SAY so.
Woods says, "...that's not what journalists do. We report and interview and attribute."
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Woods says, "...that's not what journalists do. We report and interview and attribute."
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In normal times, perhaps something could be said for this argument. Perhaps this journalistic ideal could even be considered noble.
But these are not normal times.
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But these are not normal times.
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And history shows us endless examples of those who stood by their professional principles while horror and absolutism rose like a foul tide -- and those people either became the monsters themselves (be it through action OR inaction), or they themselves became victims of it.
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When the horror comes, there is no middle ground -- as history demonstrates over and over and over again.
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Folks, there comes a point when a nation begins to freefall into totalitarianism where journalism MUST choose to take a stand or be complicit in the resulting horror.
THIS is that time. Right now.
Mr. Woods is wrong.
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THIS is that time. Right now.
Mr. Woods is wrong.
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