154. Objectivity

Couple of easy straightforward questions for us to chew on: 1. What is ‘objectivity’ supposed to mean? And 2. does it exist? Lewis Raven Wallace, a journalist and audiomaker fired from his public radio job (medium.com/@lewispants/i-was-fired-from-my-jou…) over his blog post entitled ‘Objectivity is dead and I'm okay with it (medium.com/@lewispants/objectivity-is-dead-and…)’, considers the principals and practice of objectivity, and what might be fairer ones.
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