Journalism and Objectivity outdone by Letterman?

David Letterman took former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich to task on his show the other night. A blogger at a Tampa Bay newspaper was able to point out something that we have been talking about: Journalists having to hide behind the veil of objectivity.

"I've said this before about Jon Stewart; the power of non-journalists in these situations is that they don't have to pretend they don't have a point of view, and they can ask questions where the answer is almost beside the point. Letterman is essentially saying over and over to Blago, "I think you're a weasel," in a way that few traditional news anchors could manage without serious criticism."

Eric Deggans

Pretty interesting to see this bubbling up more and more in the journalism world.

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