The Fifth Column (A Podcast)
The Fifth Column
194 w/ Wesley Lowery "Moral Clarity, Objectivity, and ALL THE SMOKE"
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w/ Wesley Lowery Correspondent @ CBS - "60 Minutes in 6"


Lowery Wrote A Thing:

"A Reckoning Over Objectivity, Led by Black Journalists" (NYT) - June 23, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/23/opinion/objectivity-black-journalists-coronavirus.html


Welch Raised Some Objections:

"Journalists Abandoning 'Objectivity' for 'Moral Clarity' Really Just Want To Call People Immoral" (Reason) - June 24, 2020

https://reason.com/2020/06/24/journalists-abandoning-objectivity-for-moral-clarity-really-just-want-to-call-people-immoral/


Some Twitter Drama Ensues.

The Parties Agree to Settle Things Directly.


...And now, here you are. All caught up, ready for the fireworks (literally + figuratively).


Recorded: July 2, 2020

Published: July 6, 2020



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