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Who isn't a big fan of "impartial" news? People who don't have power
A new study finds that the poor, those with less education, young people, and women are less likely to prefer "impartial" news sources over those that align with their own views.
In general, mirroring debates that have taken place within and outside the profession of journalism, contemporary academic research has tended to cast the concept of impartiality in a somewhat more skeptical light, questioning the feasibility of achieving such an ideal or even the desirability of striving to do so. The idea that news ought to be reported neutrally, free of bias (objectively), is a relatively modern notion that has been variously attributed to different sociotechnical, economic, and cultural factors. Mont’Alverne told me her main takeaway from the study was that people who want news with a point of view can do so for quite different reasons — from political motivations to feeling a lack of representation.
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