JOUA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences, Shorthand
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Neutral style of newswriting is not a fundamental principle. Helpful to indicate that there are objective methods. Neutral (cid:448)oi(cid:272)e (cid:449)ithout (cid:448)erifi(cid:272)atio(cid:374) hides the jour(cid:374)alists" poi(cid:374)t of (cid:448)ie(cid:449). Authority can be a form of deception. Bias term of choice for people who dislike journalism and journalists. Acknowledge it exists, embedded in the choices we make, the language we use. Distrustful of anyone who claims to be able to predict the future. Getting it wrong can damage a career. Getting it right is essential to establishing a reputation. Doubt a healthy skepticism must inform everything. Imagine a source upending your most fervent beliefs. Detect a (cid:862)(cid:374)ose for (cid:374)e(cid:449)s(cid:863) a(cid:374)d a rele(cid:374)tless pursuit of the truth. Rele(cid:374)tlessl(cid:455) pursue the truth to fi(cid:374)d the (cid:862)(cid:271)ig pi(cid:272)ture. (cid:863) Citizens may run away from the news, journalists run toward it. Similarities between reporters and cops pursue sources like suspects. How to tell the story that is fair to all.
