Questioning the position of governments is. Asking “why” in the context of how it affects people is.
However, questioning isn’t the same as attacking or undermining.
For example: It’s important for journalists to look for corruption in every government. However, it is an error to expect to find the same amount of corruption in every government; or to inflate the small corruptions of a less-corrupt government to make them sound as important as the large corruptions of a very-corrupt government.
If the Trump administration illustrates one thing, it’s that there actually is a big difference between a good administration and a bad one. Everyone who said “the major parties are the same” or “they’re all just politicians” was shown to be making a serious mistake.
To paraphrase what I’m saying with direct examples, the Fox News and MSNBCs (I’m not ignoring CNN or others) of the world have highly polarized standpoints, both of which claim to be giving us unbiased news.
It’s obvious, however, both are imparting an agenda.
I typically make the analogy of softdrink preferences. Everyone loves their brand. They rarely deviate, even though Coke and Pepsi are both brown, hyper sugary, bad for you, and rot your insides. I.e., we like our specific brand of poison to be “just so.”
However, questioning isn’t the same as attacking or undermining.
For example: It’s important for journalists to look for corruption in every government. However, it is an error to expect to find the same amount of corruption in every government; or to inflate the small corruptions of a less-corrupt government to make them sound as important as the large corruptions of a very-corrupt government.
If the Trump administration illustrates one thing, it’s that there actually is a big difference between a good administration and a bad one. Everyone who said “the major parties are the same” or “they’re all just politicians” was shown to be making a serious mistake.
Agreed.
To paraphrase what I’m saying with direct examples, the Fox News and MSNBCs (I’m not ignoring CNN or others) of the world have highly polarized standpoints, both of which claim to be giving us unbiased news.
It’s obvious, however, both are imparting an agenda.
I typically make the analogy of softdrink preferences. Everyone loves their brand. They rarely deviate, even though Coke and Pepsi are both brown, hyper sugary, bad for you, and rot your insides. I.e., we like our specific brand of poison to be “just so.”