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• Against objectivity? Seriously? Here’s everything wrong with modern journalism.

  By Quin Hillyer / 12 February 2023

  

  (Jan. 31)  A Jan. 30 opinion piece by former Washington Post Executive Editor Leonard Downie Jr. unintentionally shows why journalism rates among the least trusted trades in the nation. It […]

   

• SF Chronicle yells ‘racist!,’ violates journalistic ethics

  By Quin Hillyer / 25 July 2022

  

  (July 20) The overuse of the word “racism” has become such a pathology that even a major newspaper headline affixed the label to remarks that were not racist at all. […]

   

• Bad journalism and bad censorship proposal

  By Quin Hillyer / 19 May 2022

  

  Two pieces related only because they both involve mistaken ideas about mass communication. Buffalo mayor rightly upset, but wrong to suggest banning speech (May 18): Responding to a horrific evil, […]

   

• Explaining my job as an opinion journalist

  By Quin Hillyer / 17 January 2021

  

  I posted this lengthy piece at Facebook about a month ago. I post it here, too, for those who don’t understand why I don’t remain on one political “team.” I’ll […]