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Author (novels+nonfiction) media critic, researcher, professor UMD College of Journalism, former ExDr. Amer. Press Inst., Pew Research, ELEMENTS OF JOURNALISM
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Jun 24, 2020 22 tweets 4 min read
1... I’m not avid on Twitter, but at others’ urging I want to offer a thread in response to @WesleyLowery’s powerful essay in the @nytimes on objectivity, which I liked. But the call for “moral clarity” I believe could use more clarity... Please be patient. This is 1 of 22. 2... When the concept of objectivity migrated to journalism in the ‘20s, it was not intended to suggest journalists were without bias. Actually it was just the opposite... 2 of 22