I know that raises a lot of questions. Perhaps I am showing my age. I am 59. I am a journalist and a reporter. I have never been a columnist in my life and I do not give my opinion in my pieces. I report the facts and try to achieve a balance.
So I do not believe that the standard should change. I feel that it is important for journalists not to be activists. I feel that they should provide balanced views and be rigorous in their work. That's the way it should stay, in my opinion, even in a changing world. I actually feel that it's what people want and what people expect from journalists. They expect that essential rigour in journalistic work. However, as I told you, I am not including commentators.
Despite the changes we have gone through, I feel that our standards must not be weakened. Quite the opposite, actually.