The “Objectivity” of Political Analysts Prof. Paul Eidelberg Ben Hecht, the famous author of Perfidy, observed that the “fair-mindedness” of writers and journalists who do not “attack something as evil [is that] they are secretly related to it,” or, alternatively, that they would have much to lose professionally were they to expose the evil publically. The evil may be the policy of a nation’s government. It may even be the very structure of that government. Political scientists and journalists, generally speaking, are anxious to cultivate a reputation for being “objective.” They cultivate a facade of objectivity not only to secure their academic standing or vocational position, but also to obtain political influence as consultants of government ministers, or to obtain the prestige of lecture invitations at home and abroad. These self-serving motives, underling their concern to appear “objective,” may explain why most political scientists and journalists have been reluctant to criticize Israel’s inept System of Government publically, or to denounce the Government on moral grounds for negotiating with the Palestinian Authority, the employer and paymaster of Arabs who have murdered Jewish men, women, and children.☼
Posted on: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 20:31:00 +0000
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