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There are entire journalism courses on the topic of objectivity. AIUI, the takeaway is that humans are inherently biased and a part of good journalism is recognizing that and minimizing its effects to provide the best coverage one can. The idea that there can be something completely objective here is in some ways naïve. You can get a good overview in the Wikipedia articles on Journalism[0] and Media Bias[1]:

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journalism

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_bias

As for non-toxic, I definitely think that's possible, but involves a bigger conversation as to how people communicate with each other: the same self-awareness that's necessary for good journalism is necessary when people talk with each other day-to-day. It's not clear to me how we rebuild our ability to engage each other in a non-toxic way about important and divisive topics, but I think it's necessary and well-worth trying to figure out.



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