Honest question that has bothered me for quite a while. When the headline or the framing of the article is more (or solely) about the interviewer and his/ her questioning than the responder and his/ her answers- is that really objective “news”?
Put another way, should the goal of “news” tilt towards “this is what person of interest X” thinks on the subject of the day, vs “this is the awesome question our reporter asked to own person X”? Because it frustrates me to see more headlines about the reporter vs the subject.
I mention this is because I’ve got friends on both “sides” who are blind to it. But you can go to the websites and see it clearly at any point in time. Do people really care about the pithy question- or the answer? And what does it say about us if we focus on/value one vs other?
Challenge: look at your preferred networks “news” website the next few days with this in mind. Notice how often you’re tempted to click, “reporter X owns public figure Y.” Should the reporter ever be mentioned before the interviewee? Should you know the refs name in a game? 🤷🏽♂️
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