Prachi
The concept of neutrality in journalism is often associated with the principle of objectivity, which implies that there is an “object” – reality – that is knowable by careful reporting, and that journalists should take a truth-telling perspective, even if those truths are uncomfortable and offend some people.However, neutrality is different from objectivity, as it implies a distance from both sides, which can lead to the temptation to find two sides to every story, creating false equivalencies. This can result in the uncritical reporting of both the truth and the lie, leaving the audience to sort it out, and forcing a kind of symmetry on every situation, even when the situation is asymmetrical
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