While I appreciate the self-reflection I your article, I think you just need to dig a tiny bit deeper to answer your own question of why you took Routh seriously. You even said the answer in your article: “I consider the Russian war against Ukraine an unjustified act of aggression.” You call yourself a journalist and yet you wrote about …
While I appreciate the self-reflection I your article, I think you just need to dig a tiny bit deeper to answer your own question of why you took Routh seriously. You even said the answer in your article: “I consider the Russian war against Ukraine an unjustified act of aggression.” You call yourself a journalist and yet you wrote about a war that you had no interest in covering objectively. You had an agenda, that is, to convince your readers of your already determined perspective. That’s not the job of a journalist!! Your job is to search for truth and question your preconceived notions. If you continue to carry the “journalist” moniker, then commit to it! Otherwise, please change your title to propagandist or provocateur.
While I appreciate the self-reflection I your article, I think you just need to dig a tiny bit deeper to answer your own question of why you took Routh seriously. You even said the answer in your article: “I consider the Russian war against Ukraine an unjustified act of aggression.” You call yourself a journalist and yet you wrote about a war that you had no interest in covering objectively. You had an agenda, that is, to convince your readers of your already determined perspective. That’s not the job of a journalist!! Your job is to search for truth and question your preconceived notions. If you continue to carry the “journalist” moniker, then commit to it! Otherwise, please change your title to propagandist or provocateur.