"From here on out," he said, "I'm an objective journalist, sort of."

When I broke the water, our objective journalist was in a truly passionate clinch with Artemis.

Even today, though, the most conscientiously objective journalists cannot avoid accusations of bias.

Eddie Michallat is finding it difficult, impossible even, to stay an objective journalist.

"In short, he poses as an objective journalist when he's not."

The problem comes in the big social and cultural issues, where we often sound more like flacks for liberal causes than objective journalists.

It's as if our coverage of this very big story was being directed not by objective journalists but by the advocates for the homeless themselves.

Mr. Gibson may have thought his role was that of an objective journalist.

Perhaps she was too inventive to be an objective journalist, but that creative bent only enhanced her intelligence.

Coleman also felt unsure about the extent to which women - and "objective" journalists - should become involved in politics.