UNC basketball bias
Robert Bell heard from a reader who, I guess, didn't care for our coverage of A&T basketball this morning:
"I am so sick and tired of the Greensboro Daily News' obvious bias when it comes to your so-called sports coverage. Whatever happened to objective reporting? And not just in the stories but in the placement of stories. Any journalism 101 class teaches that a newspaper should be fair to both sides. When will you learn that? There are more Carolina fans living in this area than any other team. Your bias should be toward Chapel Hill."
Comments (4)
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Journalism 101 teaches, you should be fair to both sides? That a joke is it not.
Posted on February 19, 2008 2:21 PM
Doug, I think the point is that bias is in the eye of the beholder.
Posted on February 19, 2008 4:50 PM
Who ever said journalists were supposed to be "objective?" Yes, we need to report both sides of any story. That's called fairness. There's a difference between fairness and objectivity.
Posted on February 19, 2008 5:49 PM
I agree that journalist has to be objective
Posted on September 27, 2008 8:54 AM