For Political Journalists, Neutrality Isn’t the Goal
It’s Objectivity, and Being on the Side of the Truth in an Intellectually Dishonest Era
Can we, and should we, ever really be neutral? In a new series, Zócalo explores the idea of neutrality—in politics, sports, gender, journalism, international law, and more. In this essay, political reporter Marisa Lagos argues that journalism’s goal isn’t neutrality.
My ability to be neutral as a political journalist depends on the intellectual honesty of the people—and the society—I cover.
But in an era when one side of the political spectrum is not always operating in good faith, and when people in my position are increasingly …
