No objective reality?

[Daniel Meyer]

A little snippet of news from the news biz...

Editor Matthew Cardinale says Springston was asked to leave APN last week "because he held on to the notion that there was an objective reality that could be reported objectively, despite the fact that that was not our editorial policy at Atlanta Progressive News."

Source

I'm just...boggled...

[mhallock]

Interesting..........What does that mean ????

Mark

[Daniel Meyer]

Interesting..........What does that mean ????

Mark

It means they fired the guy for reporting fairly and accurately. Apparently, that's against their editorial policy.

[Serk]

At least they're open about it, calling themselves Atlanta Progressive News. And if you go to their site - http://www.atlantaprogressivenews.com/ it's pretty obvious there's nothing based in objectiveness or reality, much less objective reality there, with links claiming Fox news is "trolling for assassins", and "Support single payer health care for all".

And from their own FAQ, they admit they're biased:

What is progressive news?

Progressive news is news that brings us closer to universal health care, living wages, affordable housing, peace, a healthy environment, and voting systems we can trust.

Is Atlanta Progressive News objective?

We provide news of concern to working families, and therefore, our writing is geared toward a specific audience. Fortunately, our audience--working families--comprises a majority of people in the United States who are largely ignored by corporate media sources.

We believe there is no such thing as objective news. Typically, mainstream media presents itself as objective but is actually skewed towards promoting the corporate agenda of the ultra-wealthy.

APN, on the other hand, does not pretend to be objective. We believe that our news coverage is fair and that our progressive principles are fair. We aim when possible to give voice to all sides, but aim to provide something different than what is already provided by corporate sources.

[fiddle mike]

Interesting..........What does that mean ????

Mark

It means they fired the guy for reporting fairly and accurately. Apparently, that's against their editorial policy.

Their editorial policy doesn't seem any different than AP's, to me. APN just is a little more up-front about their dishonesty.

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[Chrisj CMA]

Stinkin Newspapers must be getting scared that "president" Obama will come after them like he is Fox News....I say this because of how many articles I have read lately that are sooo kissing this pathetic administration's arse its not even funny.  Just today in the Pensacola paper while waiting in the room for Judy to get out of surgery on her hand/wrist......I read, this Obomanite editor says that tea partiers are nothing but uneducated rednecks that claim to be conservative and are racist angry mobs living outside of reality.  What a joke.........just as the tea party movement is moving up to the hill in DC to meet with the GOP and maybe the Dems side after that to see how common sense ideas that the American people like,(like lower taxes, stronger defense...not government healthcare that is competitive and free of scalper lawyers at every turn).....can be seriously discussed without a bunch of childish namecalling......gee sounds like a bunch of racist and and angry uneducated rednecks to me.........sheesh