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->Sometimes I worry that my squeamishness about making sharp judgments, pro or con, makes me unfit for the slam-bang world of daily journalism. Other times I conclude that it makes me ideally suited for newspapering--certainly for the rigors and conventions of modern 'objective' journalism. For I can dispose of my dilemmas by writing stories straight down the middle. I can search for the halfway point between the best and the worst that might be said about someone (or some policy or idea) and write my story in that fair-minded place. By aiming for the golden mean, I probably land near the best approximation of truth more often than if I were guided by any other set of compasses--partisan, ideological, psychological, whatever... Yes, I am seeking truth. But I'm also seeking refuge. I'm taking a pass on the toughest calls I face.
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-->--Saturday Night Live, [[TruthInTelevision President Obama]] [[HilariousInHindsight parody]]
-> '' "Suppose I say we need a hundred foot bridge to cross a hundred foot chasm. That makes me an extremist. Someone else says that we don't need a bridge because we don't need to cross the chasm in the first place. That makes him an extremist. The third guy is a centrist because he proposes building a fifty foot bridge ending in mid-air. As an extremist, I'll tell you that the other extremist has a much better grasp of the situation than the centrist. The two extremists have a serious disagreement about what to do. The centrist has no idea what to do and doesn't want to bother figuring it out." ''
-->--Jonah Goldberg, ''The Tyranny of Cliches''
-> '''Laverne:''' (during an argument over the war in Iraq) Ted, what do you think?
-> '''Ted:''' I think both sides have valid points.
-> '''Dr Cox:''' Way to take a stand, sweat-balls.
-->--Saturday Night Live, [[TruthInTelevision President Obama]] [[HilariousInHindsight parody]]
-> '' "Suppose I say we need a hundred foot bridge to cross a hundred foot chasm. That makes me an extremist. Someone else says that we don't need a bridge because we don't need to cross the chasm in the first place. That makes him an extremist. The third guy is a centrist because he proposes building a fifty foot bridge ending in mid-air. As an extremist, I'll tell you that the other extremist has a much better grasp of the situation than the centrist. The two extremists have a serious disagreement about what to do. The centrist has no idea what to do and doesn't want to bother figuring it out." ''
-->--Jonah Goldberg, ''The Tyranny of Cliches''
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-->-- '''Bill Maher''', ''Series/RealTimeWithBillMaher'', on ''Series/TheDailyShow'' and ''Series/TheColbertReport'''s "Rally for Sanity"
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'''Crowd:''' Booo!\\
'''Kang:''' Hmm... Abortions for some, miniature American flags for others!\\
'''Crowd:''' Yaaay!
-->--''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
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'''Kang:''' All right, then. No abortions for anyone!\\
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-->-- '''Cenk Uygur''' of ''Radio/TheYoungTurks,'' in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MQ2a032OUE this]] clip.
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-->- ''' Steven Dutch''' [[http://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/PSEUDOSC/ScottAdams.HTM Suckered by Intelligent Design]]
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-->- ''[[Literature/{{Discworld}} Hogfather]]''
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->This is very similar to the suggestion put forward by the Quirmian philosopher Ventre, who said, "Possibly the gods exist, and possibly they do not. So why not believe in them in any case? If it's all true, you'll go to a lovely place when you die, and if it isn't, then you've lost nothing, right?" When he died, he woke up in a circle of gods holding nasty-looking sticks, and one of them said, "We're going to show you what we think of Mr. Clever Dick in these parts...".
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-->-- ''Series/{{Scrubs}}''
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-->--Jonah Goldberg, ''The Tyranny of Cliches''
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-->--Saturday Night Live, [[TruthInTelevision President Obama]] [[HilariousInHindsight parody]]
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'''Crowd:''' Booo!\\
'''Kang:''' Hmm... Abortions for some, miniature American flags for others!\\
'''Crowd:''' Yaaay!
-->--''TheSimpsons''
'''Crowd:''' Booo!\\
'''Kang:''' All right, then. No abortions for anyone!\\
'''Crowd:''' Booo!\\
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->A veteran science journalist recently wrote: “Reporters "Reporters are messengers – -- their job is to tell, as accurately as they can, what has been said, with the benefit of such insight as their experience allows them to bring, not to second guess whether what is said is right”. That’s right." That's rubbish. If you are not actually providing any analysis, if you’re you're not effectively “taking 'taking a side”, side', then you are just a messenger, a middleman, a megaphone with ears. If that’s that's your idea of journalism, then my RSS reader is a journalist.
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'''Stephen:''' Well, you are certainly entitled to that opinion. But I bet I can assemble an impressive panel that thinks you do. The truth lies somewhere in between. Let's talk about it for eight weeks and let the public decide.
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'''Jon:''' ...N-no.\\
'''Stephen:''' Well, you are certainly entitled to that opinion. But I bet I can assemble an impressive panel that thinks you do. The truth lies somewhere in between. Let's talk about it for eight weeks and let the public decide.
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-->--'''Tage Danielsson''', ''Grallimmatics - The Physiology and Technique of Balderdash''
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-->--'''William Hazlitt''', "On Common-Place Critics"
->''"'Be fair,' say the temporizers, 'tell both sides of the story.' But how can you be fair to both sides of a rape? Of a murder? Of a massacre?"''
-->--'''Edward Abbey''', ''A Voice Crying In the Wilderness''
-->--'''William Hazlitt''', "On Common-Place Critics"
->''"'Be fair,' say the temporizers, 'tell both sides of the story.' But how can you be fair to both sides of a rape? Of a murder? Of a massacre?"''
-->--'''Edward Abbey''', ''A Voice Crying In the Wilderness''
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-->'''Ed Yong''', ''[[http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/09/23/should-science-journalists-take-sides/ Not Exactly Rocket Science]]''
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-> '''Sophie''': I hate infection. But then again, who likes them? Maybe the people who make penicillin.
-> '''Alex''': Well, there's two sides to every story.
-> '''Sophie''': That's true. Except for the Nazis. I can't really see the other side of that argument.
-->-- ''MusicAndLyrics''
-> '''Alex''': Well, there's two sides to every story.
-> '''Sophie''': That's true. Except for the Nazis. I can't really see the other side of that argument.
-->-- ''MusicAndLyrics''