The Roots of Fake News: Objecting to Objective Journalism, 1st Edition eBook

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The Roots of Fake News argues that ‘fake news’ is not a problem caused by the power of the internet, or by the failure of good journalism to assert itself. Rather, it is within the news’s ideological foundations – professionalism, neutrality, and most especially objectivity – that the true roots of the current ‘crisis’ are to be found. Placing the concept of media objectivity in a fuller historical context, this book examines how current perceptions of a crisis in journalism actually fit within a long history of the ways news media have avoided, obscured, or simply ignored the difficulties involved in promising objectivity, let alone ‘truth’. The book examines journalism’s relationships with other spheres of human endeavour (science, law, philosophy) concerned with the pursuit of objective truth, to argue that the rising tide of ‘fake news’ is not an attack on the traditional ideologies which have supported journalism. Rather, it is an inevitable result of their inherent flaws and vulnerabilities. This is a valuable resource for students and scholars of journalism and history alike who are interested in understanding the historical roots, and philosophical context of a fiercely contemporary issue.

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The Roots of Fake News: Objecting to Objective Journalism 1st Edition is written by Brian Winston; Matthew Winston and published by Routledge. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for The Roots of Fake News are 9780429626968, 0429626967 and the print ISBNs are 9780367145453, 0367145456. Additional ISBNs for this eTextbook include 9780367145460, 9780429032264, 9780429628603, 9780429625329.