Pasley considers this view oversimplified, because neutrality was not a goal of early national newspaper editing, even when editors disingenuouslystated that they aimed to tell all sides of a story.

• 认为这种观点过于简单化，因为中立并不是早期国家报纸编辑的目标，即使在那时那些编辑违心的说他们的目的是报道事情的每一个方面。在一定程度上。