Jensen: Beyond Advocacy v. Objective Journalism

international | arts and media | other press Friday July 06, 2007 10:06 by Cotton & Manning - MediaBite

Professor of Journalism challenges the cliche

Robert Jensen explores a problem encountered by journalists when they challenge the orthodox perspective.

Jensen has written a piece for MediaBite which challenges the notion that journalism which disputes the conventional wisdom should always be labelled as "advocacy" or "activist", and seen as less trustworthy than traditional mainstream 'objective' journalism. He contrasts the journalism and perspective of John Pilger with that of John Burns from the New York Times – the former often disregarded as 'left wing' and the latter widely regarded as a trusted and objective mainstream voice.

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