{"id":2378,"date":"2018-11-28T19:09:24","date_gmt":"2018-11-29T02:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/?p=2378"},"modified":"2018-11-28T19:09:24","modified_gmt":"2018-11-29T02:09:24","slug":"are-you-a-soldier-or-a-scout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/are-you-a-soldier-or-a-scout\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you a soldier or a scout?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Unconscious bias infects our every thought and decision. It is a given, and most of the time we learn to live with our own (and with others&#8217;) biases. However, as media content producers we should learn a few best practices to minimize the effect of our personal biases if we want to rise above petty partisanship and minimize the reproach of our readers\/listeners\/viewers. As the Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics says, &#8220;Seek the Truth and Report it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The YouTube video below by Julia Galef explains how we approach new information from different perspectives when we&#8217;re acting as a soldier or a scout. The &#8220;soldier&#8221; is seeking to win the battle, while the &#8220;scout&#8221; is simply trying to understand the context and the facts on the ground.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why you think you&#039;re right -- even if you&#039;re wrong | Julia Galef\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w4RLfVxTGH4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This concept also applies to the role of media consumer. When you&#8217;re consuming new information try to step outside of your team\/group identity before you rush to judgement. Try to adopt a scout mindset, especially when confronted with information that counters your existing values and opinions. If we can all take a small step in that direction we&#8217;ll find that truth is much more likely to begin to chip away at our unconscious biases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unconscious bias infects our every thought and decision. It is a given, and most of the time we learn to live with our own (and with others&#8217;) biases. However, as media content producers we should learn a few best practices to minimize the effect of our personal biases if we want to rise above petty &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/are-you-a-soldier-or-a-scout\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Are you a soldier or a scout?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,11,13,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ethics","category-journalism","category-media-effects","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2378"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2380,"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2378\/revisions\/2380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebersolemedia.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}