The problem that media is faced with (i'm being sarcastic) is that all the polling news is bad for Rs and that's not fair and so to report on the Rape allegation is just being even more biased and so they had to pretend a legal strategy is actually the biggest thing to happen because Objectivity

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What stories they cover (and don't cover) and what context they include (and don't include) are all value-laden choices. There is no objectivity in journalism. At the end of the day, you're going to embrace some values. Might as well be pro-democracy and supporting the powerless against the powerful

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More than just “both sides.” It’s the worship of something impossible: “objectivity.” They place it above actual reporting in importance. One reason is the fear of bad-faith complaints from people for whom nothing but total capitulation is enough.

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No, they need ratings which equates to ad dollars. It has nothing to do with hearing “both sides” or any lip service to fairness or accuracy. It’s all about who can reel in the largest audience for their advertisers to get the most money. It’s been like that for decades.

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Put their thumb on the scales * in an artificial and misleading attempt to maintain the faux objective tone.

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