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There are some situations one simply cannot be neutral about, because when you are neutral you are an accomplice. Objectivity doesn't mean treating all sides equally. It means giving each side a hearing.

Christiane Amanpour
Mean, Objectivity, Giving
"Television; Five Years Later, The Gulf War Story Is Still Being Told". Article by Eric Schmitt, www.nytimes.com. May 12, 1996.
There are some situations one simply cannot be neutral about, because when you are neutral you are an accomplice. Objectivity doesn't mean treating all sides equally. It means giving each side a hearing.