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The 'shock jocks' are in tune with the silent majority : Comments
By David Flint, published 15/12/2005David Flint argues only a policy of zero tolerance by the police force and the courts will bring the gangs to reason.
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Reporting the facts and nothing but the facts seems to be something that journalist find very difficult to do. Clearly all journalists are biased by life experience, personal beliefs etc.
Ultimately the best media is probably one that offers lots of opinions and in which the facts are rigourously debated. Outlets like OnlineOpinion are a good template.
Objectivity is a worthy ideal. And we should all try and be objective. However at the end of the day we all look apon the world from a given vantage point and can do little more than report what it is that we see. Perhaps the best we can do is declare where we stand and then try and explain what it is we see and incorporate what it is that others claim to see.
I am not convinced that either the right or the left see the world with more clarity. They just see it from different angles.
http://web.mit.edu/persci/people/adelson/checkershadow_illusion.html
P.S. I am biased. I give my own opinion a slightly higher rating that the opinion of others. Otherwise I would change my opinion