Reaffirming Truth and Objectivity  

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Ward, Stephen J. A.

Jenis: Article from Books - E-Book
Dalam koleksi: Ethics and the Media: An Introduction, page 118-160.
Topik: Truth and Objectivity; Rise and Decline of Objectivity; Responding to the Challenge; Pragmatic Truth and Objectivity
Fulltext: Reaf?rming Truth and Objectivity.pdf (455.02KB)

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I have argued that media ethics is not antithetical to the freedom to publish. Media ethics recognizes freedom as a necessary condition of a democratic press. Without freedom, a robust journalism cannot exist. Yet media ethics also values how that freedom is used. It values the use of media to promote fair and wise decisions in the public good. The last chapter considered one way that media freedom should be used – to promote deliberative democracy. Deliberative democracy is the ultimate aim of responsible news media. This chapter examines two principles that are essential means to realizing democratic journalism and deliberative democracy: (1) the pursuit of truth, and (2) striving to be objective in the pursuit of that truth. Many other values are important to journalism but they are important insofar as they help to foster an objective and truthful press. For media ethics, the two principles must work in tandem. Journalists cannot properly pursue truth without seeking to be objective. This is not to say that, in some cases, a subjective method can never hit upon a truth. For example, a newspaper columnist may correctly speculate upon meager evidence that the prime minister will resign. However, overall, journalists pursue the truth best by adopting an objective approach to stories.

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