Murrow treated objectivity as compatible with partisan war reporting

Evidence

The journalistic approach, while objective, was not neutral. The war was not a subject that he thought deserved a balanced presentation of both sides. His aim was to convey the experience of the British, and he insisted on knowing it firsthand; while most reporters retreated to bunkers during Nazi bombardments, Murrow, despite the obvious peril, stood on the roof to capture the sounds and feeling of London under attack. — Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 371

Categorization

• DEFINE: Distinguishes journalistic objectivity from neutrality — a distinction central to understanding the attention merchant’s ethical stance.
• QUESTION: Worth chasing how the objectivity-not-neutrality stance evolved into modern norms that can read as false balance.
• XREF: connects to: News outlets favored vigorous partisanship over objectivity during the 1967 war.; Broadcast objectivity is an operational fiction hiding selective, value-laden construction.; Media balance reproduces the shared presuppositions that bracket political disagreement

Broader Connections

• News outlets favored vigorous partisanship over objectivity during the 1967 war. #corroborates (0.75)
• Broadcast objectivity is an operational fiction hiding selective, value-laden construction. #complicates (0.72)
• Media balance reproduces the shared presuppositions that bracket political disagreement #contradicts (0.72)