chgs 9 days ago

Journalism isn’t getting one person to say it’s raining and one person to say it’s not raining. It’s to look out the window and report reality.

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hk__2 9 days ago

"Reality" is subjective and not always so easy to observe. What about political debates, economy, social issues? I don’t want to read a journal that tell me "this politician said that", but one that tells me _why_ they said it, in which context, if this is "right" or wrong, why, what does the other side says, etc.

(all of this thread resonates well with my last HN submission btw: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43538847 )

raxxorraxor 8 days ago

If reality is subjective it must be objective too.

thworp 9 days ago

You look out the window and see rain. I see light drizzle. A journalist writes about meeting a subject of his article in a "raging autumn storm".