Both objectivity and balance are looked for in coverage. Sphere of Deviance . Ideas, groups, alternatives which are marginalized. Not considered valuable or plausible. Radical or an oddity.
Journalists feel less bound to be impartial.
This is where political actors outside the mainstream reside. Sphere of Consensus . That which we don t question. Our cultural values, our political system, our economic system. Motherhood, apple pie, the value of American democracy.