AP reporter Latrice Davis wrote a letter on Romenesko’s media blog: “We need to abandon this idea of objectivity. It’s like perfection: something we can strive for but never achieve. A lot of what passes for journalism today isn’t reporting, but stenography…Bias isn’t a bad thing, as long as we’re honest about it. (The jig is up, Fox News Channel — you’re NOT fair and balanced!)”

Hmm. Does AP endorse all of these viewpoints? While it’s true no human is going to be personally objective in gathering and organizing the news, there is something worthy in the goal of the objective method, presenting both sides of a controversy without egregious editorializing. It’s very easy to say objectivity is impossible, so here comes all my opinions, pal.