Sometimes in odd ways the mainstream media obsession with evenhandedness begs the question of truth. Truth, after all, was once the purpose of journalism - or so I thought. In a recent NYT article covering the Sundance Film Festival, A.O.Scott says:
"It would be nice, if only for variety's sake, to encounter a pro-war or pro-death-penalty documentary here, but that seems unlikely."
In one breath, I want to say: Why in the world would it be nice? Since when does "variety's sake" trump truth? In the next breath, my choice is to say: Aren't we lucky that it "seems unlikely?"
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