times promoted a kind of both cite-ism by prioritizing the appearance of neutrality over a dedication to the truth. i think it s been disastrous from a coverage standpoint and from an organizational standpoint. davidson said. to get to the appearance of neutrality, you have to do violence to the truth, which is the opposite of what journalists do should do. here is the new york times original mission statement, printed and its first addition in 1851. we shall be conservative in all cases where we think conservatism essential to the public good and we shall be radical and everything which may seem to us to require radical treatment and radical reform. we do not believe that everything in a society is either exactly right or exactly wrong. what is good we desire to preserve and improve. what is evil, to exterminate or reform. leading off our discussion
times promoted a kind of both cite-ism by prioritizing the appearance of neutrality over a dedication to the truth. i think it s been disastrous from a coverage standpoint and from an organizational standpoint. davidson said. to get to the appearance of neutrality, you have to do violence to the truth, which is the opposite of what journalists should do. here is the new york times original mission statement, printed and its first addition in 1851. we shall be conservative in all cases where we think conservatism essential to the public good and we shall be radical and everything which may seem to us to require radical treatment and radical reform. we do not believe that everything in a society is