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DAVID DEMILO's avatar

Fastball? No. Knuckleball, yes.

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William Otis's avatar

Not to mention a spitball.

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William Otis's avatar

I think the "too much objectivity" theory might fall under one of the five things I said are killing America -- dishonesty. And sure enough, on cue, now we are shown the "case" for dishonesty, namely that the little snowflakes posing as reporters want to write about themselves and their feelings (that might come under my "mush" category). This is really nothing new; it's just an apology for old fashioned deceit dressed up as some fancy theory about "going beyond" telling a straight story. Of course, we all know what "going beyond" telling a straight story actually means and has always meant -- lying.

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Inkberrow's avatar

Moving beyond objectivity....to elective or transactional truth. "Beyond" bothsidesism...to onesidesism.

Truth and reality as necessary and moral functions of supreme ideological exigency, here leftist social justice. The new vector of American legacy journalism: to Pravda and beyond.

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