Amnesty International vs. Guantanamo Bay
PostPosted:Fri Jun 03, 2005 7:58 am
by SineSwiper
Or rather, a good lesson on journalistic objectivity.
Contrast and
Compare. Gotta love Google News for picking up these oddballs. Both of these were on the front page, as well as
this one, which seems to make both of the above articles extreme and written by 12-year-olds.
PostPosted:Sat Jun 04, 2005 2:09 pm
by Nev
I haven't read them yet, but the second one gets props from me for at least having the balls to just title itself "George W. Bush Is An Idiot" instead of some sort of high-toned rhetoric that amounts to the same thing.
PostPosted:Sun Jun 05, 2005 1:30 am
by SineSwiper
Still, it's unprofessional writing. If the goal is to try to get people on the other side to understand what's wrong, then it won't work. Removing a NPOV is also problematic, but then again this is an editorial and non-NPOVs does have its advantages. ("With the possible exception of things like box scores, race results, and stock market tabulations, there is no such thing as Objective Journalism. The phrase itself is a pompous contradiction in terms." -- HST, Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72)