Romenesko

Tucson Citizen
Billie Stanton says her journalism profs at the University of Arizona 30 years ago were relentless about balance and objectivity. "Every angle must be covered, and if you had any bias, it better not show," she writes. "This credo served me well for many years. When some talented Denver Post reporters covered an anti-gay referendum later overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, their bias showed. Repeatedly I demanded rewrites to give the homophobes' side equal credence."