#THOSE WHO REMAIN NEUTRAL TRIAL#

Many in the public admire this, and think itвЂ™s admirable. That the highest journalistic ethic is to remain neutral, kinda like Lady Justice herself. As such, they can also be sued if you express an opinion, especially one thatвЂ™s subjectively accurate or even true, but not legally defensible.ДЇor this reason itвЂ™s drilled into journos heads that they may not have an opinion. In a journalistвЂ™s contract, everything you say and write is owned вЂ“ through copyright вЂ“ by your employer. As soon as you sign up as a journalist, your opinion becomes a public opinion, and represents whichever media employs you. It wasnвЂ™t that she didnвЂ™t have an opinion. The public were disappointed to hear Stephenson wouldnвЂ™t give them her personal opinion because she couldnвЂ™t.

#THOSE WHO REMAIN NEUTRAL TRIAL#

Probably the recording will be fielded in a criminal trial as evidence.Д«ecause the interview went viral, many wanted to know what the reporterвЂ™s thoughts were, standing there, getting a direct, firsthand impression of Watts.

Obviously Watts was addressing a phalanx of reporters simultaneously when he gave that infamous interview, not Stephenson directly, but regardless, getting Watts to talk when he did, and how he did, and for as long as he did, was a major scoop. This was Zora StephensonвЂ™s take on her exclusive interview with Chris Watts, the Colorado man who confessed to murdering his pregnant wife and two young daughters earlier this month. вЂњAs a journalist we have to give up the right to have a public opinion about thingsвЂ¦itвЂ™s not my job to judgeвЂ¦вЂќ

Those who remain neutral