On: When Good Intentions Backfire

[jwatte]

"Objectivity" doesn't mean that all statements should go unchallenged in media, nor that all sides of an argument should get equal time or treatment. There exists such a thing as objective, empirically verifiable truth, and media owes its audience doing so.

[gydfi → jwatte]

True, but on the other hand people seem to believe their own opinions are "objective truth" more often than is justified.

This being the case, perhaps it's a nice idea to err on the other side for a change.

[Sacho → jwatte]

The audience does not pay the media nearly enough for it to even attempt to uncover "objective, empirically verifiable truth".