I used to work in mainstream media in Canada. Back then, we talked about pursuing facts without fear or favour.
I believe that one problem is that once newsrooms began to embrace EDI, they gave some groups of journalists who have an agenda a wide berth to determine what does and doesn’t get covered. So normal questions about gender affirming care for children, such as “What’s the evidence that this helps?” and “What’s the potential for harm?”, are deemed transphobic. Then the whole topic is ignored.
It all reminds me of Ayn Rand's laments: that society is more interested in opining than "doing". Unfortunately, people can make a living opining rather than doing, and it's certainly less work. To put an end to it, we have to stop financially rewarding people for having an opinion.
I’m not a journalist nor ‘trained’ in a school of journalism in the last few decades. I’m a consumer of journalism and depend on objective factual reporting. It’s almost impossible to find such today. Many big city newspapers have become totally unreliable as they are biased to so called woke and leftist propaganda. It’s very frustrating and is a disservice to the majority of us. In many ways this applies to our current public education system as well.
Everything you say is true about American journalism. I've seen it with my own eyes, especially the past 20 years. But how do you feel about European journalism and beyond?
Yes--"Follow the evidence wherever it leads. Do not begin with a preferred conclusion. Do not tailor the facts to fit an approved narrative. Do the reporting first, and accept where it takes you.".
This is also how research should be done. But wasn't in many gender medicine papers!
I used to work in mainstream media in Canada. Back then, we talked about pursuing facts without fear or favour.
I believe that one problem is that once newsrooms began to embrace EDI, they gave some groups of journalists who have an agenda a wide berth to determine what does and doesn’t get covered. So normal questions about gender affirming care for children, such as “What’s the evidence that this helps?” and “What’s the potential for harm?”, are deemed transphobic. Then the whole topic is ignored.
It all reminds me of Ayn Rand's laments: that society is more interested in opining than "doing". Unfortunately, people can make a living opining rather than doing, and it's certainly less work. To put an end to it, we have to stop financially rewarding people for having an opinion.
I’m not a journalist nor ‘trained’ in a school of journalism in the last few decades. I’m a consumer of journalism and depend on objective factual reporting. It’s almost impossible to find such today. Many big city newspapers have become totally unreliable as they are biased to so called woke and leftist propaganda. It’s very frustrating and is a disservice to the majority of us. In many ways this applies to our current public education system as well.
Hi Gerald.
Everything you say is true about American journalism. I've seen it with my own eyes, especially the past 20 years. But how do you feel about European journalism and beyond?
That’s because those “news” outlets aren’t reporting news. They’re propaganda outlets, pretending to be news organizations.
Yes--"Follow the evidence wherever it leads. Do not begin with a preferred conclusion. Do not tailor the facts to fit an approved narrative. Do the reporting first, and accept where it takes you.".
This is also how research should be done. But wasn't in many gender medicine papers!
Thank you!
Appreciate your rigor and tenacity in pursuing truth. You had me at "Warlords of Crime."
Loved the article, it gives hope knowing there are still two investigative journalists out there doing their job with integrity and bravery.