Comments on: Objectivity vanishes in Obama’s press pit

By: cs major

cs major — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:43:19 +0000

the job of a journalist is to report on reality

hypothetically, if the candidates were hitler and jesus, the journalist wouldn’t be doing a very good job if he/she reported that each would be equally good for the country…

the important thing is to report all the relevant facts truthfully
opinions should be based on the facts, not the other way around

By: engineering student

engineering student — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 11:53:19 +0000

I also found the article to be interesting…something most of us don’t think about everyday.

By: other anon

other anon — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:45:14 +0000

In response to the first post, I found this article very interesting, though I am not a Medill student. I don’t really know much about the press, and it was interesting to see an insider’s view.

By: Joan

Joan — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:14:32 +0000

Great story, Jessi. It is impossible to be completely objective if you’re human, so I sympathize with how hard most journalists work to be as objective as possible. I actually think that a large part of that spontaneous joy was not political, but it had to do with a monumental barrier being broken, not so much the fact that a Democrat was elected. That makes it a little different. Condoleeza Rice said herself that Obama’s election was inspirational.

By: Kaitlyn

Kaitlyn — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:19:58 +0000

I think we would all be better off if journalists were just upfront about their biases instead of thinking the public is too stupid to know they have them. It comes off as condescending and laughable, quit frankly. And is why I didn’t choose journalism school. I don’t need robot training, thank you very much.

By: Anna

Anna — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 08:43:55 +0000

I’m surprised that YOU were surprised that journalists were crying and showing emotion. There’s been a very obvious pro-Obama bias in the media in all of the election coverage in the past two years. I’m going to be surprised if they’re even willing to be critical of his administration when problems arise. I know you can’t always be unbiased, everyone has an opinion, but it seems like most people weren’t really even trying.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 08:18:49 +0000

What exactly does the Jesse Jackson photo have to do with the story?

By: Aaron

Aaron — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 07:48:02 +0000

I wonder if these members of the press who are so obviously in love with Obama will bother to be critical whatsoever of his administration when it screws up…

By: anon

anon — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:29:48 +0000

NBN is becoming focused only towards medill students. How are stories like this relevant to anyone else on campus?