"The problem isn't too much objectivity. Objectivity is exactly what we should expect from journalists. They should report the facts, and most journalists emphatically don't do this. Calling bullshit is being objective, and there's not enough of that. The problem is false equivalency that comes from the pursuit of "balance". That's what leads to the media presenting two talking heads, one of which outright lying, but the journalist in question treating each as if they're equally valid and factual. I'm not sure what to call it, but it's certainly not objectivity. Objectivity would be the journalist telling the audience that 97% of scientists and tens of thousands of peer reviewed research papers support man made climate change, thus Bill Nye is correct and the Republican is wrong. The news media has other problems too. One is everything that Fox News does, which I won't even get into. But they also have a curious aversion to facts in general, given that it's theoretically their job to..." - Eric P