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Originally Posted by Damien
Why is it his duty to be positive? He's a reporter not a cheerleader. I imagine you could take a lot of topics and find that reporter sentiment is largely negative from the NHS to transport. Things make news when they're going wrong, not when everything is working smoothly, and for that matter the reporting can reflect the reality of the situation.
This is about trying to shut people up from criticising the government by pretending balanced coverage means 50% positive and 50% negative reporting.
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A good reporter is totally neutral and doesn't allow his own POV to interfere.
Unfortunately they are few and far between from both sides of the argument/discussion.