The wire service model created journalism’s objectivity ideal

Evidence

The media may have told themselves that it was not their job to take a stand on a “partisan” issue, but in an environment in which a little research surely would have told them that scientists were not divided, this amounted to journalistic malpractice. The goal of objectivity is not to give equal time between truth and falsehood—it is to facilitate the truth. Since scientists had already reached a consensus on climate change, the only “controversy” afoot was a political one that had been stirred up by the oil companies and those who believed their lies. — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 164 (#builds-on, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Newspaper circulation, revenue, and staff collapsed sharply since 2014 — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 185; The goal of objectivity is to facilitate truth, not equal time. — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 164; The Associated Press’s shared-client model invented journalistic objectivity — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 201

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