WashPost Media Writer Laughably Implies CNN Just Dropped Objectivity
12th May 2021
If there’s a phrase about journalism that should bowl people over with laughter in 2021, it’s the phrase “industry-wide standards of impartiality.” But there was Washington Post media reporter Jeremy Barr sounding like Rip Van Winkle in a gushy article on Wednesday about the “new CNN,” suddenly liberated from its stodgy objectivity. The headline was “The new CNN is more opinionated and emotional. Can it still be ‘the most trusted name in news’?”
Answer: No.
May 14th, 2021 at 14:47
It all depends on what you trust them to do. Lie constantly to demonize Republicans and canonize Democrats? You can absolutely trust them to do that all day, every day.