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The question of bias is a red herring. Everyone has bias whether they admit it or not. The issue most people should have with Fox News is that their opinion lea
by sjwright 10y ago
The question of bias is a red herring. Everyone has bias whether they admit it or not. The issue most people should have with Fox News is that their opinion leaders frequently prosecute their agendas with deeply misleading and often hypocritical slants on their opponents and their views.
For example, look at the way Jon Stewart chose to skewer Sean Hannity recently. Say what you will about tone and bias, but the meat of it was a legitimate question of hypocrisy backed up with citations. (Tellingly, Hannity's response was exclusively ad hominem and ignored the central charge.)
- marcoperaza 10y agoAs opposed to commentators on the other side? The ones who just call conservatives sexist and racist at the sign of any disagreement.
- sjwright 10y agoIf they do so without reasonable evidence or to distract from an unrelated topic of discussion, then I would agree. And I'm sure it happens, but it would be interesting (and potentially enlightening) if you could provide a recent citation from an influential left-wing commentator. (What I won't accept, however, is a technical wiggling between "he's a racist person" versus "he has made racist statements". I agree that this distinction sometimes matters, but generally it does not. For example, I don't think Trump is a racist person at heart, but he does make statements that legitimize the charge of being racist. When the latter is true, the former is irrelevant.)