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I am completely ok with you directing that comment at me, because I fundamentally disagree with your assessment. I have a pretty complete understanding of curr

by vinhboy 10y ago

I am completely ok with you directing that comment at me, because I fundamentally disagree with your assessment. I have a pretty complete understanding of current events from reading those sources. For your statement to be valid, you'd have to prove that there is a considerable amount of information missing and is only available via conservative media.

wyager 10y ago
> being covered by conservative media. Where the hell did I say that conservative media was unbiased?
shard972 10y ago
> For your statement to be valid, you'd have to prove that there is a considerable amount of information missing and is only available via conservative media. That is not the standard for bias, and the fact you make your standard "Well if it doesn't have info that conservatives have". What about libertarians? Anarchists? Socialists? Fascists? Communists? Everyone is bias, some places do a great job of separating out their biases from reporting but its fantasy land to think that there are motivated journalists out there that just don't have an opinion one way or the other.
hueving 10y ago
>For your statement to be valid, you'd have to prove that there is a considerable amount of information missing and is only available via conservative media. No, information may have been made available by biased media, but it may have been presented in such a way to adjust the perceived significance of it. Take the email scandal for example. Every news outlet provided the information, but there are vastly different conclusions about the importance of it that a reader will be led to draw based on how the information was presented. Even the headline you were upset about was a logical conclusion given a viewpoint based on the information available about the recent shooting of the police officers. Information: Two policeman killed by a man who was in the country illegally Conservative news interpretation: Illegal immigrant a result of poor border control policies by current administration. Therefore, "Obama lets immigrants across border to kill white people." Liberal news interpretation: Immigration is a touchy subject right now, exclude anything related to it. Therefore, "Two policeman were killed by a person who happened to be a human."
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- jsmith0295 10y ago
  Here's an example of something that was not reported outside of conservative media: http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/aug/16/cnn-edits-out-milwaukee-victims-sister-sherelle-sm/ http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/aug/16/cnn-edits-out-...
babesh 10y ago
What one considers news is inherently biased and since you cannot report on everything, you will have bias. For instance, a person can value bird lives really highly and find that not reporting on bird deaths caused by cats biased. Then there is the interpretation of events: terrorism vs triumphant fight for freedom, win or lost, etc... Conservative vs liberal is a very, very narrow way to view the world.
internaut 10y ago
> I have a pretty complete understanding of current events from reading those sources. Are you aware of the cathedral? What about the stagnation?
TheSpiceIsLife 10y ago
I have a pretty complete understanding of current events That's a bold claim.

by vinhboy 10y ago

wyager 10y ago

> being covered by conservative media. Where the hell did I say that conservative media was unbiased?

shard972 10y ago

> For your statement to be valid, you'd have to prove that there is a considerable amount of information missing and is only available via conservative media. That is not the standard for bias, and the fact you make your standard "Well if it doesn't have info that conservatives have". What about libertarians? Anarchists? Socialists? Fascists? Communists? Everyone is bias, some places do a great job of separating out their biases from reporting but its fantasy land to think that there are motivated journalists out there that just don't have an opinion one way or the other.

hueving 10y ago

>For your statement to be valid, you'd have to prove that there is a considerable amount of information missing and is only available via conservative media. No, information may have been made available by biased media, but it may have been presented in such a way to adjust the perceived significance of it. Take the email scandal for example. Every news outlet provided the information, but there are vastly different conclusions about the importance of it that a reader will be led to draw based on how the information was presented. Even the headline you were upset about was a logical conclusion given a viewpoint based on the information available about the recent shooting of the police officers. Information: Two policeman killed by a man who was in the country illegally Conservative news interpretation: Illegal immigrant a result of poor border control policies by current administration. Therefore, "Obama lets immigrants across border to kill white people." Liberal news interpretation: Immigration is a touchy subject right now, exclude anything related to it. Therefore, "Two policeman were killed by a person who happened to be a human."

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jsmith0295 10y ago
Here's an example of something that was not reported outside of conservative media: http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/aug/16/cnn-edits-out-milwaukee-victims-sister-sherelle-sm/ http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/aug/16/cnn-edits-out-...

babesh 10y ago

What one considers news is inherently biased and since you cannot report on everything, you will have bias. For instance, a person can value bird lives really highly and find that not reporting on bird deaths caused by cats biased. Then there is the interpretation of events: terrorism vs triumphant fight for freedom, win or lost, etc... Conservative vs liberal is a very, very narrow way to view the world.

internaut 10y ago

> I have a pretty complete understanding of current events from reading those sources. Are you aware of the cathedral? What about the stagnation?

TheSpiceIsLife 10y ago

I have a pretty complete understanding of current events That's a bold claim.