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Originally Posted by NEON DEON
If you don’t report objectively, it is not news it is an editorial.
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Well, we can agree on that...but my contention is that editorializing is all we get now...but that's another story.
The dress/jewelry/accoutrements of the newscaster really don't factor into whether or not I find the content "objective". If I were to see a star of David around the anchor's neck, I wouldn't immediately assume the news is biased in favor of Israel. But that's just me. But how far do you want to take this?
For example, should I believe a newstation is biased for women's rights if they have a female presenter? Biased against women if they have a male presenter? Biased against straight people of they have a gay presenter? Religion, sex, etc, all can exert biases on a person's viewpoint.
I'd be interested to see your example of a completely unbiased news organization. I don't think one truly exists anymore...not even the beeb. And the bottom line is, if they folks think the news is biased because the newsperson sports a piece of jewelry, well...here's where it gets tricky...they don't have to friggin' watch it!! There are plenty of other news sources around.