A levelled debate: biased paper has its place
RE: “Levelling with real journalism,” March 19-25, 2009
Where does the idea that journalism's byline should be “Fair and Balanced” come from? We, as an audience, are meant to believe that journalism lives in a world without bias, where the “news” can come from an objective source that presents only facts. “We Report, You Decide,” the saying goes. But biases are like brains, we all have one. To quote Stephen Colbert, even “reality has a well known (liberal) bias.”
Stars and planets through the lens
Etienne Rollin scowls as he peers into the telescope atop Carleton’s Hertzberg Laboratories. Although there was only a 25 per cent chance of an overcast sky this morning, a hazy layer has settled in just in time to prevent him from photographing some astronomical spectacles.
Levelling with real journalism
Meghan Sali is a second-year journalism student. She thinks The Leveller should avoid calling itself a newspaper due to its overly editorialized content.
A real home crowd
