objectivity Flashcards
1
Q
after world war I because of ills:
A
birth of PR
psychiatry taught us that people were not as rational as had been believed
reaction to yellow journalism
journalism and scientific method: rely first and foremost on verifiable fact
2
Q
challenges to objectivity
who
-what movement
A
Joe McCarthy
Civil Rights Movement
3
Q
the notion of objectivity had to be redefined
A
relying on written record still important but not enough
truth in human affairs can never be nailed down
4
Q
journalists and their editors and news directors make dozens of decisions about ?
-ethical decision making means asking the ?
objectivity does not mean ?
do not have to ?
exercise ?
create what account ?
A
every story they publish and broadcast
- right questions
- indifference
- treat all sides equally
- most honest treatment
- fair accurate honest
