At the risk of overusing that hymn, I want to establish the main points covered in our presentation last Tuesday on Truth and Journalism:
1) Journalism's first obligation is to the truth.
2) Truth is a process.
3) Truth can be subjective-Journalism provides relevant commentary to help the public think about the news.
4) Journalists are storytellers who use facts to create a relevant story and communicate the truth.
Speaking of relevance, a good quote from the BYU forum with Condoleezza Rice, "Today's headline's and history's judgments are rarely the same."
Too bad it seems politics plays such a large part in much of journalism today. But I suppose it does make me think about the news and decide for myself what to believe.
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