Exit Interviews: Moiz Syed
"Journalists are encouraged to hold the powerful accountable, but never to proclaim the larger moral lessons of their work."
Hasnain says:
“I wonder what was it about a T-shirt that said “Abolish ICE” that almost everyone in the newsroom other than me knew would not be tolerated. Of course, when I talk about this incident with my journalist friends, the topic of objectivity comes up, including the idea that publicly proclaiming “Abolish ICE” makes you unfit for journalism. I think that’s bullshit. American journalism has a long tradition of upholding the status quo, whether that’s supporting slavery or the so-called war on terror or the police—which is not objectivity, but simply a different subjectivity.”
Posted on 2021-11-24T07:56:01+0000