When former CBS News correspondent Lara Logan blasted the mainstream media last week, saying too many journalists are now “political activists” carrying out a liberal agenda, she got plenty of attention from both the left and right. Conservatives applauded Logan for her honesty about media bias, while many on the left were angry that she would insinuate any bias among journalists at all.

On Tuesday, Logan elaborated on this problem in an op-ed for the New York Post, “Political bias is destroying people’s faith in journalism.“

“There is nothing more human than opinions and bias. To say we have none is dishonest,” Logan writes. But “Journalists are not activists,” she observes. “We may share the passion for a particular cause, but our job is to follow the facts wherever they may lead.” Continue reading →