I am not new to blogging. I used o be a regular blogger of my blog in Friendster. However, this one is far different from what I used to have.
As a journalist, the scope of it does not just end on paper. In this face-paced word that we are into, one cannot help but be left behind of the latest and what’s “in”. And journalism is never an exception.
As an aspiring journalist, it is most needed to be objective and be a truth-seeker. But is objectivity really possible or is it just another myth in journalism?
To be objective, one must be neutral or unbiased. But is it really possible? Human as we are, biases are natural because of our individual principles and our orientation of what is right or wrong.
Is it possible that one cannot influence the actions of the people in his/her surroundings? This is indeed impossible. This is because we are interdependent to one another and to the society. It was said that you cannot detach someone from the society in which he/she lives. Therefore, we influence each other.
In journalism, I believe that nothing is really unbiased. Although there might be the factor of truth, it is not the entire truth, it would just be a piece of cake. For whether journalists would admit it or not, in one way or another, they have manipulated the story, most of the time, to their own advantage.
I am not saying that journalists are people whom one cannot trust, in fact, they are those that people trust the most because of their ability to deliver the reality. And this is a responsibility every journalist have at hand. A journalist’s social responsibility is something that neither the question on objectivity even death cannot bring to halt.
