Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Response to "Reporting to Conclusions"

I think that this column is correct and justified in what it says about equality and being impartial in the news. I think that it is very important to be impartial if you are covering a news story, but I also think that if a flaw is shown that you must point it out even if it may seem like you are choosing a side. There is nothing wrong with pointing out the truth even if it doesn't seem to be fair or impartial, the point of the news and the media is to get the truth out to the general public no matter what, and if you catch a subject in a lie or falsehood it is your duty as a journalist to point out the fault and note the truth of the situation. I think Anderson Cooper could have possibly worded his response to the situation in Egypt a bit better, but Cooper did nothing wrong in calling out Hosni Mubarak lies, it was his job to report the truth and he did.