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Chris Hedges on Objectivity and Truth

Journalist and author Chris Hedges has written a very interesting editorial about the state of journalism in the Philadelphia Inquirer saying the quest for “balance” has lead to a “shirking of journalistic responsibility”:http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/editorial/10709238.htm .
His thesis isn’t anything “Campaign Desk”:http://www.campaigndesk.org/ hasn’t been saying already: reporting “he said/she said” is not journalism. But Hedges also explains why journalists [...]

Hmm.. you think they want disinformation?

Our government is keeping secrets for security reasons? Or because less information means more support for war?
The informed public is considerably less hawkish than the public as a whole, the poll found. Those who show themselves to be most knowledgeable about the Iraqi situation are significantly less likely to support military action, either to remove Hussein [...]

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