Harriet I. Basseches, in her sidebar about the Journalism symposium [TAP 35/1], states: “Though psychoanalysts might wish otherwise, journalists have their own agenda, and it is not to benefit psychoanalysis.”
If journalists have their own agenda, it is to do their jobs — to cover a news issue or topic objectively and accurately and, in doing so, to present the myriad points of view at hand.
Sometimes the objective nature of their work casts favorable light on the topic (whether or not that topic is psychoanalysis); sometimes not. Most journalists pride themselves foremost on the objectivity of their reporting.
It's important to bear in mind what a journalist's real job is: to be objective and accurate.
That's their job, not their agenda.
Dottie Jeffries
APsaA Public Information Consultant
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