In this day and age, it is very rare to encounter a “straight news” reporter-especially a reporter who writes for the national media-who ultimately fails to expose their liberal prejudices in some way.
We see this every day in the cast of media organizations such as CNN and MSNBC. In these media, fanatical liberalism and “awakening” seem to be non-negotiable requirements for obtaining coverage. Some reporters are more cautious about their prejudices, only occasionally glimpsing them on social media, while others show up in public, not ashamed of anyone noticing and yelling.
Now, former CBS News reporter Kate Smith fits the latter description, although you won’t know how she resigned from the Internet earlier today.Her twitter profile once Including the term “covering abortion opportunities, etc.”, but what she did was more than just “covering” abortion issues.Her so-called neutral report say clearly Which side of the debate is she on Standing, Whether she is worried about abortion opportunities in southern states or writes about powder puffs that support abortion”Feminist“, they are “struggling” with people who support life.
On Thursday morning, Smith announced in a series of tweets that she had “quit” her job at CBS News, thanking her “talented colleagues” and “brave people” who trusted her to “share their stories”:
Personal message:
I quit my job at CBS News. Reporting on beats like reproductive rights in such a legendary institution is an amazing experience. Thanks to the people who made this possible: my talented colleagues and the brave people who trusted me to share their stories.— Kate Smith (@byKateSmith) July 15, 2021
As for why she left the long-running network, Smith explained that she wanted to be “candid” about her views on abortion, as if she hadn’t made it clear in previous reports:
Now I am not a reporter, and I can express my own views on reproductive rights frankly. I would say this: With or without Roe v Wade, low-income women in the South and Midwest have no access to abortion. It happened more or less under the radar.
— Kate Smith (@byKateSmith) July 15, 2021
“This is a critical moment for abortion rights,” she further explained, implying that her mission is to continue to speak on behalf of abortion supporters:
This is a critical moment for abortion rights and deserves a lot of coverage and attention. Editors, I know that when this seems to be the one millionth six-week ban, readers and viewers will get tired. But it is still big news and should be reported.
— Kate Smith (@byKateSmith) July 15, 2021
Let me first say that I am not criticizing her decision to leave CBS News. Instead, I applaud it. If you should report the news from an objective perspective, but no longer think you can, then you need to leave and become an independent writer anyway.
My problem is that Smith has never objectively expressed her feelings about this topic. The article she wrote as an independent reporter does not sound much different from the article she has already written on the subject. It’s just that now she will be more straightforward about her position.
This is how direct news reporting is-direct news. This is not about inserting an angle or your personal opinion. It’s about you reporting facts and allowing readers to form their own opinions, not about you doing it for them.
Smith, like many of her colleagues at MSM, did not direct news reporting the way it should be. Presumably, she has never been punished by her employer for the leaning way she reported abortions, because as mentioned above, in many of these news media, you must be a Democratic team, which is an unwritten prerequisite.
People entering the news industry want to “make a difference” only if you frankly admit your prejudices and Select the same pre-written publication (or eliminate it yourself). Just like someone starts writing for Think Progress or Media Matters, you will know where they stand because these sites publicly acknowledge the same content.
But because liberal prejudice is so common in “direct news” media like CBS News, reporters who “make a difference” will be attracted there because they feel that this is a natural fit, one that allows them to greatly amplify information. local.
For many years, when working in these places, the mentality of putting one’s heart on the sleeve and touting one’s pet political career has led to a plummeting trust in the media. If the mainstream media as an industry wants to win back some trust, they will stop hiring journalists and editors with agendas, and instead emphasize the necessity of reporting the facts. Like them Rather than being biased behind it.
Setting this standard would prevent agenda-driven journalists like Kate Smith from thinking that they should go straight to the news organization first.
However, this is unlikely to happen, especially when you have a place like the New York Times publicly bragging about making their newsroom “work more”.Sadly, journalism is for all intent and The purpose is dead, And all we can do at this time is to come out when we see bad things, and hold them accountable in the court of public opinion.
