Comments on: The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth http://businessoflife.com/2008/03/11/the-truth-the-whole-truth-and-nothing-but-the-truth/ Life is about investing in people - business is about investing in people. Wed, 09 Nov 2011 01:01:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: mintymusings http://businessoflife.com/2008/03/11/the-truth-the-whole-truth-and-nothing-but-the-truth/#comment-35 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:36:30 +0000 http://alaneason.wordpress.com/?p=19#comment-35 Ah, the truth…
It can be tough to find. Journalists always have to find two sides to every story, but is that really the truth? What if everyone believes A, except for that radical person who believes B? Is A more true? Should B have a say?

I grappled with these questions as a former reporter. I recall getting my hand slapped for giving one side more air time than another. It happened because the second side had only one response. After that reprimand, every story that I put on the air had exactly the same amount of time for both sides, regardless of who may have actually been truthful. People wanted fairness, not the truth.

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