dthahn;1065842 said:
Any journalist's job is to report the news in an objective, balanced, and fair manner. However, as in any profession, there are a lot of journalists who use their jobs to advance their own personal agenda, which, of course, is unprofessional.
It's clear that Gosselin has a negative bias towards the Cowboys and that bias is reflected in his writing. The power the reader has is to turn a blind eye toward such a lack of professionalism.
It's also a problem with certain sports analysts such as Aikman who goes out of his way to express a negative perspective on the Cowboys. I think he does it in an attempt to appear neutral because of his ties to the Cowboys but he fails utterly. That's why I prefer Darryl Johnston as an analyst because he does his best to be neutral and objective.
Anyway, interesting discussion.
Maybe you guys need to learn more about journalism.
If a person is offering predictions,
He's offering his opinion!!!
A part of journalism
is to offer opinions. It is not to present both sides objectively. That's only in news writing. Hence, if you read an account of a game, that should be objective reporting. If you see an article where someone is giving his opinion, that's a column or commentary.
As for Aikman having a bias against the Cowboys, could it be that you interpret any negative comment about the Boyz, even though true, as bias because you're bias? Hhhmmmm!
Troy Aikman is accurate in his assessment of the Cowboys, IMO. I don't detect a bias. I think fans, however, want him to gush over the Cowboys because he's a former Cowboy. Who do you want him to be like, Joe Theismann?
