2006-12-27

fact-pushing vs emotion-tugging

I sent the following comment to this excellent editor's year-end review earlier today (with minor edits): http://www.cbc.ca/news/about/burman/letters/2006/12/the_five_big_media_moments_of.html

My interest in straight unbiased facts is the reason I keep coming back to CBC for news. Kudos for continuing to push facts (despite the rising trend of tugging emotions) and recognizing how important it is to enable the electorate to make its own informed decisions in order to maintain a healthy democracy.

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