They say they’re just reporting the facts. They say they’re above the fray, impartial, balanced. But every sentence frames. Every quote selects. Every silence hides a judgment.
Modern journalism doesn’t just present the news; it performs neutrality. A ritual tone, a careful vocabulary, a studied distance. But behind that mask is always a face. And behind the face is always a set of values.
From passive-voiced violence to euphemisms that launder sin, this second volume in The Myth of Neutral Systems series dismantles the illusion of the “unbiased observer.” There is no view from nowhere. There never was.
The mask speaks. The only question is whether the speaker will confess what they serve.
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