Re-thinking Objectivity

A part of the problem with the news media today is it merely spits back the rhetoric politicians throw around, rather than effectively analyzing or questioning it. The article "Re-thinking objectivity," talked about the pillars of journalism being objectivity, fairness, and balance. The problem being when striving for these values, many journalists lose the value of truth in reporting, which is most valuable to a news consumer. Instead of objectivity, I think that the news media is moving toward being more transparent, which is more valuable and usefull in dissecting and understanding the news and the reality it is portraying.