Journalists can be great storytellers on issues of war and peace. Those who try to be activists on this front do themselves and the public no favor.<p>Journalists who publicly express their personal views -– no matter what their ideological position -– put their professionalism and their credibility at great risk. <p>Journalists who publicly oppose or support the war effort, the government or the military move from the balcony to the stage. They become vested participants rather than impartial observers. <p>They become the actors. They are no longer legitimate, detached witnesses. They cease to be responsible reporters or credible critics of what takes place on the stage. (
Bob Steele on Poynter.org)<p>***I'm all for keeping our personal opinions to ourselves, but I think you went a little overboard there, Bob.***