Walter Lippmann has been touted by historians as “the most wise and forceful spokesman for the ideal of objectivity” during the years when objectivity became journalism’s foundational professional standard. But Lippmann has also been roundly criticized as a self-hating Jew for columns about assimilation and the rise of Hitler, columns that, like all his writing, were shaped by his own, idiosyncratic belief in journalistic “detachment.” His mishandling of what was then called “the Jewish question” highlights the dilemma of weighing a journalist’s professional commitment to detachment against the contrary assertion that the best journalism “comes from somewhere and stands for something.” The full story of this controversy offers clarity about poorly understood challenges with standards that traditional news outlets and digital platforms still face today.

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非犹太犹太人：沃尔特·李普曼和新闻“支队”的陷阱

在客观性成为新闻业基本职业标准的那些年里，沃尔特·李普曼被历史学家吹捧为“客观性理想中最明智、最有力的代言人”。但李普曼也因关于同化和希特勒崛起的专栏而被严厉批评为自恨的犹太人，这些专栏与他的所有作品一样，都是由他自己对新闻“超脱”的特殊信念塑造的。他对当时所谓的“犹太人问题”的错误处理凸显了在衡量记者对超脱的专业承诺与最好的新闻“来自某个地方并代表某事”的相反主张之间的两难境地。