James Poniewozik of TIME earned some praise in this forum when he admitted before the 2008 election that he was an Obama supporter. Why hide the obvious? Allow your readers to factor your admitted bias into their assessment of the accuracy of your reporting and commentary.
Poniewozik returns to the theme in his latest column (not yet posted online), noting the absurd measures some media outlets employ to preserve their supposed objectivity:
Tweet, but don?t overshare! Be outspoken, but don?t tick anyone off! Be human, but don?t make mistakes! The problem is that audiences want journalists to engage matters they know and care about, not just Dancing With The Stars and their cats.
One suspects that Poniewozik supports scrapping the goal of objectivity because it would free more reporters to express their (largely) left-of-center viewpoints. But regardless of the motivation, the outcome would likely dovetail nicely with the ideas John Hood discussed with a John Locke Foundation audience in September 2008.
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