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The Discipline of Verification
This document discusses the essence of journalism as being the discipline of verification. It argues that while journalists themselves cannot be objective, their methods of rigorously verifying facts can be objective. The discipline of verification, which includes principles like not deceiving readers and being transparent about methods and sources, is what distinguishes journalism from other forms of communication and allows it to accurately capture what happened.
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