When journalism overlaps activism, objectivity goes for a toss By Deepak Parvatiyar Following the gruesome murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh in Bengaluru on September 5, 2017 questions are being asked about whether a journalist can also be an activist? This is in the light of reports that the slain journalist, editor of a Kannada language tabloid, was also an activist with definitive political views and pro-ultra left wing leanings. Apparently there is a very thin line that divides a journalist from an activist and at times that line gets blurred. This raises questions about a journalist's objectivity. As someone asked following Gauri's murder: "Can a journalist hold partisan political views? If so isn't he/she already prejudiced? So what happens to objectivity?" Obviously objectivity of a journalist or reporter is a very pertinent issue. But my question is whether there is any such thing as objectivity? As I try to analyse it, I realise that
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