Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Challenge!!!
Find the disagreement:
The panel began with a debate over whether it is appropriate for journalists to publicly express their opinions and political leanings regarding the topics they cover.
"I thought it was a terrible idea at the beginning and then I really turned against it," said Mark Danner, a UC Berkeley journalism professor, to the applause of the capacity crowd.
Jackie Spinner, staff writer and former Baghdad bureau chief for the Washington Post, disagreed, arguing that journalists are meant to report the news and thus should not tout their own ideologies publicly or privately.
"I believe very fervently that it is not appropriate for me as a journalist to express an opinion about the war," Spinner said.
I'm going to guess Michael Kay and the editorial staff fucked up when it came to context here, because as written, it sounds like the two folks who "disagree" with each other are saying the exact same thing.
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