Feb 26, 2020
One
of the most prized professional norms for journalists, particularly
the United States, is the preservation of neutrality in reporting.
While the concept of “objectivity” has fallen out of fashion among
mainstream reportage in recent years, related concepts that convey
a similar idea such as “impartiality”...
Feb 19, 2020
“145
CEOs Call On Senate To Pass 'Common-sense, Bipartisan' Gun Laws,”
NPR states. “Local Democrat pushes back on NY bail reform law: It's
about 'common sense,' not politics,” a Fox News headline reads.
“The Only Thing More Dangerous Than Trump’s Appeal to Common Sense
Is His Dismissal of It,” The Nation...
Feb 5, 2020
Since the rise of Black Lives Matter and a broader cultural awakening in the United States of just how wildly out of whack, cruel and hyper-punitive our criminal legal system is, modest reforms began to emerge across the United States. The lowest hanging fruit for reforms was to get rid of or radically reduce pretrial...