give two reasons why the media is not able to deliver news impartially
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In the first of this two-part series, Joe Mazor looks at media impartiality, what it is, and when and why it’s important.
Most people say they want impartiality from their news sources. Yet many people also believe that the media is failing to cover political issues impartially.1 But what is media impartiality? When is impartiality important? And why is it important for a society to have impartial news sources? These are the questions I will consider in this blog post.
I will argue that non-partisan news organisations’ political coverage should be sufficiently even-handed to ensure that the audience cannot discern the political views of the journalists who contributed to the coverage. The commitment to this type of strict impartiality safeguards the wisdom of the voting public, fosters democratic legitimacy, and mitigates social polarisation.