Minority journalists embarrassed themselves at convention

Dallas Morning News has a story of how the attendees at the Journalists of Color convention managed to shoot themselves in the foot by their actions. Both John Kerry and President Bush spoke at the convention and the reception each got was as expected. The attendees LOVED Kerry while they were not thrilled by Bush.

All week at the conference, I heard minority journalists complain that they're tired of writing about Black History Month and Cinco de Mayo that they want to cover the serious stories.

Well, if the media was honest in its opinion in the US, as it is in the UK (see entry below), they could love Kerry and write the hard news stories with a Kerry twist.

As it is, by openly proclaiming their support for Kerry now, how will these journalists be able to convince their employers and the public of their objectivity?

The same would be true if these journalists LOVED Bush instead of Kerry, how would their employers and the public believe they will be objective in their reporting? It would be nice if the myth of objectivity in the media would be abandoned so honest viewpoints would be shown for all to see and let the public decide if they will support the liberal or conservative viewpoint.