According to the Textbook, Which of the Following Has Been

question 48

Multiple Choice

According to the textbook, which of the following has been a critique of the idea of journalistic objectivity?

• A)Journalists use too much flair in their stories, obscuring the important details.
• B)Objective journalism fuels unhealthy competition between journalists to see who can get the story first.
• C)It isn't possible to have genuine journalistic impartiality, and many reporters have become too uncritical of people with power.
• D)It's too difficult to tell the journalist's thoughts apart from the thoughts of the subject of the story.
• E)None of the above options is correct.

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