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The North American media have frequently interpreted the “commandment� of objectivity in rather limp terms – in the idea that presenting all sides to a story is sufficient for fair, balanced and professional news. The onset of the Iraq war spurred another self-conscious revolt against that definition. Critics and editors alike bemoaned how the media had “served up� a justification for war on faulty government evidence – all-too-accustomed to idly ingesting government statements, outlets were simply not probing for the truth. Certainly, the need for a changed “model� of objectivity stands now more apparent than ever. Perhaps the most obvious problem is that of definition: not only is there scant agreement over what objectivity is and how much of it is required for good journalism, there is genuine bewilderment on how such a concept might be applied to a rapidly-changing fourth estate. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the old criterion fails to aid the press in serving......

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