A professor looked at objective journalism through a painting three concentric spheres. The sphere of consensus can also be summed up as dominant ideology. What we decide to cover, what debates we give air time determine what's in these spheres. So if objectivity is a myth and journalism is always about making change or upholding the status quo, what does that kind of activist journalism really mean?
How well do the news media serve us as citizens, and what role does the notion of “objective,” or “neutral,” journalism play in the failings of American democracy?
Story reported by Lewis Raven Wallace, with host/producer John Biewen and collaborator Chenjerai Kumanyika. Interviews with David Mindich, Nikole Hannah-Jones, and Kevin Young.
The series editor is Loretta Williams. *The View from Somewhere *editor: Ramona Martinez. Music by Algiers, John Erik Kaada, Eric Neveux, and Lucas Biewen. Music consulting and production help from Joe Augustine of Narrative Music.