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minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·edit-23 months ago Report verifiable facts, without opinion. That is fundamentally impossible, because journalists at least have to use opinion to choose which facts are important to report. Consider these two articles, for example: Bias by omission: 10 major controversies the media avoided covering or downplayed in 2021 by Fox News Who Will Tell the People? Fox News Puts a Very Heavy Thumb on the 2024 Scale By Burying Negative Trump News by Mediaite
That is fundamentally impossible, because journalists at least have to use opinion to choose which facts are important to report. Consider these two articles, for example:
Bias by omission: 10 major controversies the media avoided covering or downplayed in 2021 by Fox News
Who Will Tell the People? Fox News Puts a Very Heavy Thumb on the 2024 Scale By Burying Negative Trump News by Mediaite