I think the press SHOULD be unabashedly biased.

[eeyore]

Okay, I was a journalism major at a very liberal school, though I'm not a journalist today.

We were always taught that a key to a free press is that jounalists must uphold an ethical standard of neutrality to what they are reporting. I have decided that this model is nothing more than the ultimate in living in denial.

Every person has a bias, and every corporate news organization has advertisers to be beholden to. Bias is inherent in every story you read. The personal is political and the corporate is political and that cannot be hidden.

Why can't we just go back to the days when the newspapers named themselves the Republican or the Democrat, and let people know up front where the reporting stands? Wouldn't it be a hell of a lot more truthful?

I think we may be heading back that way with the internet and blogging. I would prefer to get my news from people who respect my point of view. At least I know where they stand.

I think that the old model is for the Dinosaur corporate news readers.

So, I say, fuck the notion of hiding behind the notion of neutrality. Bring on the Socialist News Hour, The NeoCon Times, and The Democratic Report!

There is no such thing as neutrality anymore. You're either against them or you're against me!

Are you with me?
Or are you against me?

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