The Journalist Sin of Questioning Capitalism, Right?

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John Sutter: In general, you see very little reporting that directly challenges the capitalist orthodoxy. Even in public radio, i've been told that capitalism is too ideological or too abstract to name. So if you're writing stories day after day that just assume the capitalist status quo is the only plausible, desirable option, that's not advocacy. That's objective. And we have news media that don't question capitalism as a kind of eternal, fixed foundation of this society,.

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.