Fairness, But Not Fealty
July 16, 2017
Where reporters do the good, hard work of asking the right questions, including tough ones, and following leads in order to reveal the truth to the American people and to hold our government and its officials – elected and appointed – accountable, they fulfill their responsibility.
Where reporters demonstrate bias, rush to judgment, or dispense what seems more like propaganda than reportage, they shirk their responsibility.
When politicians demand fairness, that is an expectation we should all share. When politicians demand fealty, they overstep their bounds and they should not receive it from the fourth estate, nor from thinking Americans of any kind.
We do not have a king, we have a president. We do not have earls and dukes, we have representatives and senators, elected by the people and whose job it is to serve the people. They serve us, we do not serve them. Likewise the press, which should serve the public good and not their own interests.
From all – politicians, political appointees, and press alike – we the people deserve honesty, integrity, and transparency commensurate with their bounden duty.
Where reporters demonstrate bias, rush to judgment, or dispense what seems more like propaganda than reportage, they shirk their responsibility.
When politicians demand fairness, that is an expectation we should all share. When politicians demand fealty, they overstep their bounds and they should not receive it from the fourth estate, nor from thinking Americans of any kind.
We do not have a king, we have a president. We do not have earls and dukes, we have representatives and senators, elected by the people and whose job it is to serve the people. They serve us, we do not serve them. Likewise the press, which should serve the public good and not their own interests.
From all – politicians, political appointees, and press alike – we the people deserve honesty, integrity, and transparency commensurate with their bounden duty.
