Robin Epstein

Robin Epstein was a reporter at Louisville’s Courier-Journal, an organizer with the Kentucky Open Government Project, and is the author of Citizen Power: Stories of America’s New Civic Spirit, with an introduction by Rev. Jesse Jackson. She now jousts with Appalachian stereotypes from her home in Brooklyn.

March 28, 2023

Robin Epstein

‘Objectivity’ Obliterates Empathy and Curiosity

The real threat to democracy is that too many arbiters of what gets published cling to notions of “objectivity” that were never fair.

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FAIR is the national progressive media watchdog group, challenging corporate media bias, spin and misinformation. We work to invigorate the First Amendment by advocating for greater diversity in the press and by scrutinizing media practices that marginalize public interest, minority and dissenting viewpoints. We expose neglected news stories and defend working journalists when they are muzzled. As a progressive group, we believe that structural reform is ultimately needed to break up the dominant media conglomerates, establish independent public broadcasting and promote strong non-profit sources of information.

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