{"product_id":"just-the-facts-how-objectivity-came-to-define-american-journalism-9780814756140","title":"Just the Facts: How Objectivity Came to Define American Journalism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDraws a history of journalism's most respected tenet--objectivity\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf American journalism were a religion, as it has been called, then its supreme deity would be objectivity. The high priests of the profession worship the concept, while the iconoclasts of advocacy journalism, new journalism, and cyberjournalism consider objectivity a golden calf. Meanwhile, a groundswell of tabloids and talk shows and the increasing infringement of market concerns make a renewed discussion of the validity, possibility, and aim of objectivity a crucial pursuit. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Despite its position as the orbital sun of journalistic ethics, objectivity--until now--has had no historian. David T. Z. Mindich reaches back to the nineteenth century to recover the lost history and meaning of this central tenet of American journalism. His book draws on high profile cases, showing the degree to which journalism and its evolving commitment to objectivity altered-and in some cases limited--the public's understanding of events and issues. Mindich devotes each chapter to a particular component of this ethic-detachment, nonpartisanship, the inverted pyramid style, facticity, and balance. Through this combination of history and cultural criticism, Mindich provides a profound meditation on the structure, promise, and limits of objectivity in the age of cybermedia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David T. Z. Mindich\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.76h x 5.85w x 0.62d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814756140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMindich, David T. Z.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - A former assignment editor for CNN, \u003cb\u003eDAVID MINDICH has also written for the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal, New York \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, the \u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNew York Newsday\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40183700881523,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_eeff86f1-bd43-45ed-ac2c-d03e5db3ec56.jpg?v=1655558172","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/just-the-facts-how-objectivity-came-to-define-american-journalism-9780814756140","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}