Oh, Piffle

“[W]hat most threatens journalism today is the behavior of its own practitioners. We have become too full of our own opinions, too enthralled with our own celebrity, too emotionally offended by warranted and unwarranted criticism, and too astray from the neutral, factual voice our teachers in journalism school insisted we practice.” 

—John Solomon, veteran journalist and executive VP for video, The Hill, “The greatest threat to American journalism: the loss of neutral reporting,” Nov. 23, 2018.

• Editorial Comment: That’s your opinion.




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