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Many readers don’t realize that our role as local journalists prevents us from getting too involved in community affairs. The news gathering process demands a certain remotencess on the part of our reporters.
Theory goes that on the job we’re observers, not participants, in the game of life, and the highest objectivity comes from distancing ourselves to some degree from the people and organizations we cover.
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