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We are taught in this business to leave our emotions out of a story, to view things with pure and perfect objectivity, but that was impossible on this story.
Chpt 2.23 *

objectivity = lack of bias (influence of personal feelings or preferences)
I learned that objectivity is pure crap, if the pain is so strong it bleeds onto the yellowed newsprint years, or even decades, later.†
Chpt 2.23
A story north of Miami, in Fort Lauderdale, tested my objectivity.†
Chpt 2.25

Definitions:

(1) (objective as in: our objective is to...)
a goal (some end desired to be achieved)
(2) (objective as in: an objective viewpoint)
fact-based without the influence of personal feelings or preferences

Objective is often contrasted with subjective--which means "influenced by personal belief, feelings, or preferences (rather than being based purely upon fact)."
(3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
Less common meanings of objective include:
- In philosophy -- existing outside of the mind.
- In grammar -- the object of a verb or of certain prepositions.
- In optics -- the lens nearest the object being viewed