{"id":1860731,"date":"2023-02-26T08:53:02","date_gmt":"2023-02-26T13:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1860731"},"modified":"2023-02-26T08:59:38","modified_gmt":"2023-02-26T13:59:38","slug":"mark-ferbrache-to-find-truth-objectivity-must-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mark-ferbrache-to-find-truth-objectivity-must-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Ferbrache: To Find Truth, Objectivity Must Go?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmark-ferbrache-to-find-truth-objectivity-must-go%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1860731&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Two former media executives recently<span class=\"gmail-Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2023\/01\/30\/newsrooms-news-reporting-objectivity-diversity\/\">published the results<\/a><span class=\"gmail-Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>of interviews with over 75 leaders of media organizations. Based on the responses, the authors conclude that adherence to objectivity in journalism is pass\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>Former Washington Post editor Leonard Downie Jr. and former CBS News President Andrew Heyward conclude that journalists today \u201cbelieve that pursuing objectivity can lead to false balance or misleading \u201cbothsidesism\u201d in covering stories about race, the treatment of women, LGBTQ+ rights, income inequality, climate change and many other subjects. And, in today\u2019s diversifying newsrooms, they feel it negates many of their own identities, life experiences and cultural contexts, keeping them from pursuing truth in their work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Downie further states that his \u201cgoals for [their] journalism were accuracy, fairness, nonpartisanship, accountability and the pursuit of truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Uh-excuse me, but Downie\u2019s goals seem to zero in on the very definition of<span class=\"gmail-Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/objectivity\">\u201cobjectivity.\u201d<\/a><span class=\"gmail-Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>In fact, the word is conspicuously missing. Last I checked, \u201cfairness\u201d is a synonym for \u201cobjectivity.\u201d What am I missing?<\/p>\n<p>The<span class=\"gmail-Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/quoteinvestigator.com\/2020\/03\/17\/own-facts\/\">quote<\/a>, often attributed to Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, reads: \u201cEveryone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.\u201d It seems applicable here. Okay, maybe not facts, but Downie\u2019s survey reveals a consensus among journalists who feel entitled to speak \u201ctheir own truths\u201d in their news coverage, rather than be constrained by objectivity. As though truth is malleable and subject to interpretation.<\/p>\n<p>Two years ago, I wrote a piece highlighting the<span class=\"gmail-Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/criminal-justice\/535036-ethical-reporters-and-fbi-agents-have-much-in-common-and-we-need\/\">shared ethics<\/a><span class=\"gmail-Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>common to both FBI agents and reporters.<\/p>\n<p><i>In this sense, reporters and FBI agents are cut from the same cloth. At heart we are investigators \u2014 more precisely, truth seekers. Whether it\u2019s in a newspaper or a statement sworn before a magistrate, our personal and professional ethics compel us to be thorough, accurate and honest.\u00a0 The public relies on us both to act with integrity.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Law enforcement officers swear to uphold and defend the Constitution and protect the communities they serve. Reporters and journalists, by tradition, strive to inform and educate the public about matters that impact their lives. Indeed, some believe it\u2019s their civic duty to expose misconduct in government, corporations or other entities so those responsible are held to account.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/02\/25\/ferbrache-to-find-truth-objectivity-must-go\/\">Continue Reading &#8230;&#8230;&#8212;-&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two former media executives recently\u00a0published the results\u00a0of interviews with over 75 leaders of media organizations. Based on the responses, the authors conclude that adherence to objectivity in journalism is pass\u00e9. 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