Why opinion journalists are sometimes bad at their job (including myself)

Kent Kroeger
7 min readJan 4, 2021

By Kent R. Kroeger (January 4, 2021)

Graphic by Dan Murrell (Data source: RottenTomatoes.com)

Opinion journalists, such as movie critics, bring biases to every opinion they hold and complete objectivity is an ideal few, if any, attain.

The scientific literature on this trait common to all humans, not just opinion journalists, is vast and well-established. The lenses…

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Kent Kroeger

I am a survey and statistical consultant with over 30 -years experience measuring and analyzing public opinion (You can contact me at: kroeger98@yahoo.com)