Quote Originally Posted by Ken White View Post
... I'm unsure why US media tries to cop this 'objective' line...
Two names. Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite, perpetrated fair and balanced because in their agenda setting they allowed the other side to speak. People never saw that by allowing somebody to take a side that allowed the two of the best broadcasters ever to whack them about the ears. Murrow was likely the most obvious broadcaster in history to tell you what his agenda was. Cronkite wasn't so obvious as to say "I hate...", but he acted on it. I believe that between these two broadcasters and "fair access" laws somebody got this idea in their head about balanced reporting. Never been the case, and never will be, but it is a nice fairy tale.