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Nah, just quit licking his boot and do your jobs.
implies questioning unproved beliefs, like the supernatural. RFK is not a vax skeptic, he’s a science denier. A controversy implies two legitimate opposite viewpoints. When one of them is a lie, there’s no controversy.
I hope that journalists do their job and don't let the propaganda get in the way of facts.
I was asked once in a job interview which is more important: accuracy or fairness. I said, without hesitation, accuracy. My interviewer was shocked, but I said I viewed fairness as a subset of accuracy. /1
If a story reports on a Trump policy without giving its context in terms of possible damage to democracy, it leaves a partial impression and is inaccurate. /2
It can be a fine line, but context can be given without violating good journalistic practices.
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Then the 4th estate can get some respect back and do it's job.
They need to tell the truth about Medicare being demolished, the lives of women being compromised and the people who are neighbours and friends being demonised for political gain.