From Newsgroup: nz.general
On Sat, 9 May 2026 19:51:12 -0000 (UTC), Tony
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lizandtony@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
https://breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2026/05/perspective-with-heather-du-plessis_9.html
I hope she is correct, bring it on.
Balanced news reporting died with the advent of social media. Before
social media came to life, political views were forged by the daily
newspaper and the daily TV news. That was very small doses.
The reality is that journalists, like everyone else under 30 or so,
have grown up in a world that includes social media for at least a
major part of their lives. That is a world of forming political views
based on debate where everything written is a personal viewpoint never
intended to be balanced. Once a journalist gets into this habit,
balanced reporting from them is no longer possible.
There is an upside of this - readers can deliberately choose to read
articles from journalists of various biases. That is what I do.
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Crash McBash
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