> In general, I've come to value neutrality and apoliticality less and less. What's "political" and what's not is loosely defined and socially constructed, and I suspect it's occasionally deliberately constructed and redefined by the media to shut down certain discussions or criticisms as "inappropriate". Neutrality is likewise poorly defined, and it's often just a form of cowardice from media groups unwilling to take an obviously correct stance because they're afraid to lose subscriptions from people who disagree with the evidence.
I take your point about some values potentially running counter to a political party's platform. But the piece you have glossed over here (and why political neutrality is important) is because those values generally aren't applied consistently between political parties.
Claiming to support free speech, only to turn around and demand the censorship of someone who says something you don't like is a disgusting practice that we should call out and shame. These sorts of double standards are quite common in the modern political sphere, unfortunately.
I'm referring to neutrality in the sense of not taking a side in a disagreement, and I think you're referring to neutrality in the sense of having a single, consistent standard applied to everyone equally. They're slightly different concepts. We should certainly hold everyone to the same standard, but I'm what I'm saying is that, for example, a standard isn't unfair just because it affects one political group more than another; it might be unfair, but it could also be the case that the more affected group is just worse.
I take your point about some values potentially running counter to a political party's platform. But the piece you have glossed over here (and why political neutrality is important) is because those values generally aren't applied consistently between political parties.
Claiming to support free speech, only to turn around and demand the censorship of someone who says something you don't like is a disgusting practice that we should call out and shame. These sorts of double standards are quite common in the modern political sphere, unfortunately.