The biggest news story from last week has nothing to do with spiking coronavirus rates or U.S. sanctions on communist China in the wake of its crackdown on Hong Kong protesters.
The blockbuster news, according to some conservative publications and my social media feed, is that a center-right columnist at the left-leaning New York Times tendered her resignation.
The nation's great newspapers, John Steele Gordon wrote recently in The Wall Street Journal, "Have moved away from even the pretense of political neutrality." He championed the New York Herald, which in 1835 began a tradition of balanced reporting.
Sure, the news stories in the Daily Miracle had the patina of objectivity, as did the stories that flowed from the lips of the TV talking heads.
One could argue that modern reporting-at least in national prestige publications such as The New York Times and The Washington Post-has become less neutral.
The key is not expecting balance-or a pretense of balance-in every news story, but getting a balanced view from reading a variety of articles and publications.
If you don't like The New York Times, don't read it.
The blockbuster news, according to some conservative publications and my social media feed, is that a center-right columnist at the left-leaning New York Times tendered her resignation.
The nation's great newspapers, John Steele Gordon wrote recently in The Wall Street Journal, "Have moved away from even the pretense of political neutrality." He championed the New York Herald, which in 1835 began a tradition of balanced reporting.
Sure, the news stories in the Daily Miracle had the patina of objectivity, as did the stories that flowed from the lips of the TV talking heads.
One could argue that modern reporting-at least in national prestige publications such as The New York Times and The Washington Post-has become less neutral.
The key is not expecting balance-or a pretense of balance-in every news story, but getting a balanced view from reading a variety of articles and publications.
If you don't like The New York Times, don't read it.
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