27 September

Some thoughts about the media and bias. It seems that those who talk about bias often don't actually understand journalism. They will often say journalists should just 'report the facts', equally for both sides of an argument. That's not journalism, and also isn't possible, there are no facts that don't also carry judgments. And it's not the role of a journalist to just relay words from one person to another - they're supposed to analyse and critique. They're not just mouthpieces for the different sides of politics.