Partisan Journalists Are Toxic to the Profession, Washington Post Columnist Says

Washington, DC -- Washington Post columnist David Ignatius urged journalists to resist the “growing pressure in our business to be ‘embedded’” – to take a side in any cause – a trend that now seems to tolerate journalists contributing to political campaigns.

Referring to election-cycle reports of journalists making political donations, Ignatius said they violate journalism’s core value of seeking a balanced and impartial truth.

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