![]() Some of the newsroom policies to implement the new journalism are mind boggling in terms of Stalinist thought control. We don't discard "justice" as a sought-after goal merely because perfection is rarely achieved in the courts or in life. Of course, perfect objectivity in any human affairs will be the ideal rather than reality, but that is no reason to reject the concept. Even objectivity has been challenged by radical journalists as a white cultural artifact. ![]() ![]() ![]() The appearance of diversity has broadened, but the belief system has narrowed considerably. McGowan agrees with the idea that a wider diversity of views in the newsroom would be a positive thing, but his research indicates that the quota-based diversity of skin hues and ethnicities has actually reduced free speech and chilled the forum of competing ideas. Hint: average Americans are not represented in those newly favored demographics. William McGowan's recent media critique recounts the press' strange detour into a new sort of journalism that is less attentive to standards of accuracy than it is to a supportive view of certain groups. Newspaper editors who wonder why their readership is falling should pay attention to Coloring the News: How Crusading for Diversity Has Corrupted American Journalism. ![]()
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