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The problem is that delivering the news "without pushing a political agenda" is just a status quo bias. Every news source is inherently biased, so it is importa
by dublinben 11y ago
The problem is that delivering the news "without pushing a political agenda" is just a status quo bias. Every news source is inherently biased, so it is important to recognize this and react accordingly.
- Karunamon 11y agojust a status quo bias. What does this even mean?
- dublinben 11y agoBy "just status quo bias," I mean that it is just another form of bias. In this case, towards the status quo.[0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status_quo_bias https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status_quo_bias
- Karunamon 11y ago...I mean how and why? Reporting on the news as it is without trying to influence it is not necessarily a bias. Otherwise, that word no longer has any meaning.
- dublinben 11y agoLook above at the slavery example. Every news story inherits the bias of the people responsible for it. Even the choice of stories to cover is a significant source of bias.