It's ME(Jaime): I understand that far, I suppose. I just don't see where the determination to faux impartiality arises.

That’s … that’s not “appeared to”

NEWS --> Mark Robinson, the MAGA extremist GOP nominee for governor in North Carolina, appeared to endorse political violence against unnamed foes in a recent speech. "Some folks need killing!" he shouted. "It's a matter of necessity!" Video and story here: newrepublic.com/article/1834...

MAGA Gov Candidate’s Ugly, Hateful Rant: “Some Folks Need Killing!”newrepublic.com Mark Robinson, the GOP nominee for governor in North Carolina, has a long history of incendiary comments. But he may have topped himself this time.

What's up with news outlets deliberately softening this kind of thing?

There's a "view from nowhere" version of impartiality that's baked into the genes of the US mainstream press, and it's requiring greater and greater bits of acrobatics to sell the illusion of normalcy. To the point where the cognitive dissonance is unavoidable.

I understand that far, I suppose. I just don't see where the determination to faux impartiality arises.

American journalism school... Not that anybody who goes to one these days find any jobs. But from what I understand they really drill the impartiality thing into you. Tell you your entire career depends upon it. that you can never talk about who you voted for or what you volunteered for.

it's entirely built upon the absurd notion that if you hide all of your biases that means you don't actually have any.

Well or no one can accuse you of having any.

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