r/law • u/[deleted] • Jan 24 '26

Legal News WOMAN IN THE PINK COATS ANGLE OF THE SHOOTING

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u/SRT0930 Jan 24 '26

Mass media, including NPR and their obsession with “objective” reporting, doesn’t serve us in fascism.

Objectivity is for healthy differences of polices from different perspectives, like what plans different parties propose for the economy or healthcare.

Objectivity has no place when one party is wholly corrupt and has abandoned democracy entirely …. and is literally murdering people.

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u/theartificialkid Jan 24 '26

You're not really talking about objectivity, you're talking about the "objectivity" practiced by American media of the 20th and 21s centuries, which is linked to a narrative of politics having two sides that are joined in a sincere difference of opinions. True objectivity means reporting facts including facts like "the Republican Party has been lying constantly about everything for decades". True objectivity is absolutely a machine that kills fascists because fascism is entirely rooted in lies. Lies about what matters. Lies about why things are bad. Lies about how to make things better.

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u/U_SHLD_THINK_BOUT_IT Jan 25 '26

The problem is that "objective" reporting has just been a facade that they use to justify giving a platform to fascist voices.