Journalists should ask questions – not think they have all the answers

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/22/cnn-joe-rogan-covid-ivermectin-mistake-credibility/

 

From David Von Drehle:

 

“Among media critics (and who, after all, is not a media critic — there is so much to criticize), one sees a dangerous trend. Reporters are increasingly urged to be definitive, to call out “liars” and defend “science” and hurl all sorts of Zeus-like thunderbolts adjudicating the Truth. This is a terrible idea.”

 

“It is not the journalist’s job to tell people what to think. The job is to question, to learn and to share those learnings — as well as their limits. In weighing the credibility of sources, we must first examine ourselves.”