I think by laying it out for the viewer I'm avoiding the issue of bias.
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All of us show bias when it comes to what information we take in. We typically focus on anything that agrees with the outcome we want.
I think, though, that people will read into a reporter's story a bias that they want to see in a reporter.
I'm not going to let people get away with either a dishonest or inaccurate premise to what we're talking about because I think that does the viewer a disturbance.
All the audience cares about is what you put up on the screen.
The better the coverage, the more discriminating the viewer.
You get the information, and it's not your job to judge it or not judge it. You adapt, and you do it. That's what we do as actors. We're just as surprised as the viewers, sometimes.
The journalistic code of ethics governing the broadcasts requires that opposing views be presented, and that journalists' personal opinions or judgments be left out of factual reporting.
I think if you find that you're making a judgment on the character, than your audience will make a judgment on the character.
As a writer I've learned certain lessons. One of them is to be careful about how you put a view, and to bear in mind how easily and readily you'll be misinterpreted.
You have to let the viewers come away with their own conclusions. If you dictate what they should think, you've lost it.