FEBRUARY TOURNAMENT: In a democracy, a free press ought to prioritize objectivity over advocacy

News is that part of communication that keeps us informed of the changing events, issues, and characters in the world outside. Though it may be interesting or even entertaining, the foremost value of news is as a utility to empower the informed.

The purpose of journalism is thus to provide citizens with the information they need to make the best possible decisions about their lives, their communities, their societies, and their governments.

Journalism is the act of writing about news related subjects for all mediums, print and non-print. It is also the complicated process of taking information and sifting through it, editing information, and giving it context. The journalist is always involved in the selection and presentation of what he or she considers to be noteworthy, and in meeting the standard of truth and honesty in reporting. Journalism incorporates everything from the "hard" news of politics and public affairs, to the softer side, which includes human interest and celebrity stories.

1. You are yourself never a fully objective being nor close to it. We each have perceptions and understandings, let alone emotions, that influence our way of perceiving truth and certainly in perceiving what constitutes bending that truth too far. Similar to your shadow in SB, you cannot win without fighting yourself and admitting your own inability to be truly objective.
   
2. In SB you constantly adapt to an imaginary opponent that, when you're out of ideas, happens to be your own shadow. In the case of 'objectivity' in the media, unless we're dealing with direct lies and falsehoods, the prioritisation of objectivity is theoretical at best, continually. What exactly constitutes an article as objective enough to be considered more objective than it is advocative and how precisely are the people to go about pushing this cause? In a democracy, journalism pretty much automatically and naturally favours advocacy, given the fact that while it does need correct facts, the entire artistic and human side of journalism and reason it's a profession that AI will likely never thwart or replace. I would like my opponent to prove otherwise. 
   
3. In SB, you are continually exerting yourself, preparing for the 'real battle' that may come later where your expertise needs to be used against worthwhile opponents. Similarly, the majority of exertion that a pro-objectivity society and/or press-censoring group would do would not only interfere with how free the press is but furthermore is going to hit far more undeserving targets than the truly misconstruing ones. The reason for this is linked to both of the previous ones, we just don't truly know what objectivity is beyond simply not stating lies.
   

based on real facts and not influenced by personal beliefs or feelings