Texas A&M to Revive Journalism, Bring Objectivity Back
It’s about time: most of today’s media is heavily biased one way or the other, and it’ll be nice to see some unbiased news sources popping up.
Don Irvine at Accuracy in Academia has the story:
Texas A&M to Teach Aspiring Journalists How to “Put Bias Aside”
Ten years after they eliminated journalism as a major, Texas A&M has revived the program with the goal of teaching future journalists how to be objective and unbiased in their reporting, according to the tamuTimes.
The program will be directed by veteran journalist Dale Rice, whose journalism career spanned 35 years.
Rice said that while today’s journalism can be heavy on opinion and light on objectivity, the revived major will strive to change that trend by training future journalists to report the news without bias:
Our underlying philosophy is we teach students how to put bias aside to cover a story. They learn to gather information, report it fairly and report both sides of the story.
Texas A&M to Teach Aspiring Journalists How to “Put Bias Aside” (Accuracy In Academia)
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“It’s about time: most of today’s media is heavily biased one way or the other . . .”
May I correct that statement,
“It’s about time: most of today’s media is heavily biased one way.”
There.
Maybe it is time the once great journalism school at the University of Missouri followed suit. I doubt it is possible because of the bias of the professors.