Objectivity In War Journalism Essay

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Journalism students will hear the words “objectivity” hundreds of times as they study their field. Though it may seem like an easy conversation to have in class, humans are prone to opinion. Anytime a war happens a Journalist is assigned report on that issue. They are sent overseas to report the news to their country about what is going on. Everyone is watching the news, so how do you?, and how much of the news do you deliver? Journalist Vincent Hugeux said, “Objectivity is an obsession that we must drop. It is used negatively, by those who consider that we’re not going along the same lines.” Objectivity in war journalism has blurred lines, and the some older scholars agree that news should remain objective, but understand the issue with it. …show more content…

Catherine Tardrew (Le Parisien) admits to her bias in reporting the facts, “I account for my prejudice against the Algerian Islamists by evoking my cultural and social conditioning: ‘when covering a conflict like this one, even though I want to be objective, a journalist goes there with my culture and my conception of democracy.” Whereas journalist Yves Cornu, advocates for Kate Aid’s form of objectivity, “Where does information end and where does denunciation start when you describe children in a makeshift hospital, with shrapnel in their bellies? It [denunciation] is not the vocation, but it [information] can lead to it.” Cornu is agreeing that some things ought not be shown on television for fear that it could send the wrong message to the …show more content…

The recent boom in technology is a factor in that. People are not solely tied to one news outlet. They are able to read the article on CNN, watch it on television, and see real-time footage of it on television. Though this research was thorough, the investigation was limited by a small pool of academics due to the search tools made available. It is understood that older scholars may have a stronger argument as to why objectivity is important during times of war, but there journals could not be uncovered. As journalism students complete their studying at their schools they will question the fairness with objectivity, and if it should be such a staple in the

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