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I always thought people who were looking for unbiased news were actually look for news that matched their own bias. I know I read certain publications/sites bec
by shrike 17y ago
I always thought people who were looking for unbiased news were actually look for news that matched their own bias. I know I read certain publications/sites because I am more likely to read an article that presents a series of facts couched in a (tone|bias|opinion) that agrees with mine.
Plus "unbiased" is really hard. It's been in the 40's (F) in San Francisco today, the online paper (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/qws/as/qr?scope=term&source=&period=30d&dmode=range&minm=01&mind=14&miny=2010&maxm=01&maxd=20&maxy=2010&term=weather&smode=and&Submit=S http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/qws/as/qr?scope=term&sourc...) has had headlines talking about how cold and rainy its been. In this case "cold and rainy" is biased, many people would consider our weather recently pleasant and balmy. That makes the chronicle biased, but not necessarily not worth reading.
- shrike 17y agoSee, I'm not the only one who thinks weather news in the Chronicle is biased - http://bayarea.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/20/what-kind-of-weather-makes-news/ http://bayarea.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/20/what-kind-of-wea...