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I've read the whole transcript - the word "communism" appears exactly once in a whole discussion. Overall the amount of ideology in the article is minimal and t

I've read the whole transcript - the word "communism" appears exactly once in a whole discussion. Overall the amount of ideology in the article is minimal and they focus on describing the situation of North Koreans. Additionally, most of the talking is done by Michael Malice, who is an author of the book in question (Dear Reader); is he, too, affiliated with that think-tank (honest question)? I don't know him, but from what I read just now he doesn't seem like a rabid ideologue.

vkou 9y ago
> I've read the whole transcript - the word "communism" appears exactly once in a whole discussion. > Overall the amount of ideology in the article is minimal That is an incredibly poor limtus test for determining ideological bias in a publication.
- klibertp 9y ago
  Ok, I'm willing to learn. Could you cite the paragraphs from the talk which reveal the ideological bias in this publication?
  - vkou 9y ago
    I was criticising the test, not the publication. There's a few things about bias. It is incredibly difficult to detect it when it is biased towards your political/philosophical/etc views. It can happen through comission (Outright lies about verifiable facts), implication (Weasel wording, leading questions), or omission (Lack of context, mentioning but down-playing inconvenient facts). Simply scanning a piece for trigger words isn't an indicator for, or against bias. I personally think that TFA is pretty reasonable. There's a few important pieces of context that a few of their points are missing, but it's not supposed to be a seven thousand page treatise, nor is it supposed to reflect on our society. I just take issue with the test.
bambax 9y ago
The interviewee quotes Ayn Rand with no warning or precaution, which is kind of surprising.
- vkou 9y ago
  To be fair, she was a Soviet defector, so she's relevant (Beyond her awful, awful, toxic ideologies, which - being irrelevant - were not mentioned.)

vkou 9y ago

> I've read the whole transcript - the word "communism" appears exactly once in a whole discussion. > Overall the amount of ideology in the article is minimal That is an incredibly poor limtus test for determining ideological bias in a publication.

klibertp 9y ago
Ok, I'm willing to learn. Could you cite the paragraphs from the talk which reveal the ideological bias in this publication?
- vkou 9y ago
  I was criticising the test, not the publication. There's a few things about bias. It is incredibly difficult to detect it when it is biased towards your political/philosophical/etc views. It can happen through comission (Outright lies about verifiable facts), implication (Weasel wording, leading questions), or omission (Lack of context, mentioning but down-playing inconvenient facts). Simply scanning a piece for trigger words isn't an indicator for, or against bias. I personally think that TFA is pretty reasonable. There's a few important pieces of context that a few of their points are missing, but it's not supposed to be a seven thousand page treatise, nor is it supposed to reflect on our society. I just take issue with the test.

bambax 9y ago

The interviewee quotes Ayn Rand with no warning or precaution, which is kind of surprising.

vkou 9y ago
To be fair, she was a Soviet defector, so she's relevant (Beyond her awful, awful, toxic ideologies, which - being irrelevant - were not mentioned.)