If you’ve been paying attention, then you will have noticed that Dan Gillmor recently stopped writing for the old media and has set out to explore the idea of ‘grassroots journalism‘ in this new century.
One of the things he’s rethinking is the notion of objectivity in the media, and he has a lot of interesting thoughts. For example:
Fairness means, among other things, listening to different viewpoints, and incorporating them into the journalism. It does not mean parroting lies or distortions to achieve that lazy equivalence that leads some journalists to get opposing quotes when the facts overwhelmingly support one side.
Be sure to read the comments on Dan’s post too.
