Just the Facts: How Objectivity Came to Define American Journalism - Paperbackby David T. Z. Mindich (Author) Draws a history of journalism's most respected tenet objectivity If American journalism were a religion, as it has been called, then its supreme deity would be "objectivity." The high priests of the profession worship the concept, while the iconoclasts of advocacy journalism, new journalism, and cyberjournalism consider objectivity a golden calf. Meanwhile, a groundswell of tabloids and talk shows and the increasing