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<blockquote data-quote="rickyb" data-source="post: 4636454" data-attributes="member: 56035">sometimes they dont understand and its their fault, sometimes its yours.i was talking about objectivity regarding journalism being ridiculous.&nbsp; journalists select facts and can spin them as they please.&nbsp; the origins of objectivity with journalism was to give hte rich mans argument.&nbsp; plus you cant be perfectly objective anyways in terms of journalism.&nbsp; likewise i dont understand why you would want to be neutral as a journalist aside from the economic rewards it provides.&nbsp; so is that what htey are doing as journalists being subjective if they think objectivity is nonsense?&nbsp; chomsky likes the idea of journalistic objectivity but he says in practice its twisted.im no philosophy major, i know some of it but i typically dont listen to alot.&nbsp; i do listen to wisecrack and i have read books but i forget.this is a good conversation, better than arguing about masks.&nbsp; i watched a few videos on solipism or whatever too.[MEDIA=youtube]iaXqkhM8dPI[/MEDIA]btw chris hedges comes out of the NY times covered revolution and wars, and quit his job because he wasnt allowed to speak out against hte iraq war even though fellow journalists were openly in favor of it.[MEDIA=youtube]-38jrwuRQZA[/MEDIA]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="rickyb, post: 4636454, member: 56035"] sometimes they dont understand and its their fault, sometimes its yours. i was talking about objectivity regarding journalism being ridiculous. journalists select facts and can spin them as they please. the origins of objectivity with journalism was to give hte rich mans argument. plus you cant be perfectly objective anyways in terms of journalism. likewise i dont understand why you would want to be neutral as a journalist aside from the economic rewards it provides. so is that what htey are doing as journalists being subjective if they think objectivity is nonsense? chomsky likes the idea of journalistic objectivity but he says in practice its twisted. im no philosophy major, i know some of it but i typically dont listen to alot. i do listen to wisecrack and i have read books but i forget. this is a good conversation, better than arguing about masks. i watched a few videos on solipism or whatever too. [MEDIA=youtube]iaXqkhM8dPI[/MEDIA] btw chris hedges comes out of the NY times covered revolution and wars, and quit his job because he wasnt allowed to speak out against hte iraq war even though fellow journalists were openly in favor of it. [MEDIA=youtube]-38jrwuRQZA[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]

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