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I think the real problem in the US media is political bias. I think essentially the article is accusing the left leaning media of letting that bias color their
by gpsx 8y ago
I think the real problem in the US media is political bias. I think essentially the article is accusing the left leaning media of letting that bias color their views. Of course the article is equally guilty of that same thing. And I assume it does not see its own bias.
And sadly, the fact that the media is like this is largely a reflection of the population in general. And, as others point out, the media is probably like this because they are just chasing profit.
- wavepruner 8y agoConfirmation bias explains a lot of what is going on with media. It's human nature to be biased. This doesn't have to be a big problem if we accept that we are all biased. Biases are rooted in the computational limitations of the human mind. We have limited memory and communication bandwidth. Our brains use compression algorithms to record, store, and retrieve data.
- davvolun 8y ago> I think the real problem in the US media is political bias. Absolutely not. As someone else notes to your comment, everyone is biased. I'm "biased" that people not dying is a good thing -- some would argue the universe would be better off without humanity. Bias is inevitable, and not the problem; the problem, as you state, is "letting that bias color their views." Or, rather, not so much "color" your views, but letting your personal bias override any other interpretation. I personally believe Trump has done some very illegal things and it's just a question of finding a smoking gun. That doesn't mean he has done anything illegal regarding situation X (I don't know, let's say promoting Mar-A-Lago after he started running for office), and that's something I need to keep in mind when I read articles about him.