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Is objective news an illusion? | John Lloyd, Hilary Lawson, Jonathan Calvert

Is objective news an illusion? | John Lloyd, Hilary Lawson, Jonathan Calvert

We want news to accurately reflect the real world…

Philosophy for our times | The Institute of Art and Ideas Podcast · IAI

November 22, 201633m 7s

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Show Notes

We want news to accurately reflect the real world. But in an age when competing channels with different perspectives are instantly available should we recognise this goal as an illusion? Should we accept that journalists set the world's agenda with their own fictions and fantasies, or is there a framework of objectivity we should require and demand? The Panel Editor of the Sunday Times Insight team Jonathan Calvert, founder of the Reuters Journalism Institute John Lloyd and philosopher and former editor of The World This Week Hilary Lawson examine truth in news. In Association with Huffington Post UK.