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Why does your paper have to be so one sided though? I live in LA and won't subscribe because your paper has always followed an agenda.

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donohoe 7y ago
My paper? I live in NYC. One sided? There is a quote (forget who) "Facts Have a Well-Known Liberal Bias". I'll leave it at that.
- kortilla 7y ago
  A quote by a liberal (Krugman) writing an opinion piece for the nytimes is hardly an argument. He even had to follow it up to specify that they had a center-left bias.
- jsjddbbwj 7y ago
  Yes, you better leave it at that.
- dredmorbius 7y ago
  That formulation comes from a Paul Krugman opinion piece from 2017: "Facts Have a Well-Known Liberal Bias" https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/08/opinion/facts-have-a-well-known-liberal-bias.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/08/opinion/facts-have-a-well... Krugman used the similar "The Facts Have A Well-Known Center-Left Bias" in 2016: https://web.archive.org/web/20160509144531/https://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/05/09/the-facts-have-a-well-known-center-left-bias/ https://web.archive.org/web/20160509144531/https://krugman.b... Stephen Colbert's 2006 Press Correspondents' Dinner roast used the line "reality has a well-known liberal bias" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Colbert_at_the_2006_White_House_Correspondents%27_Dinner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Colbert_at_the_2006_Wh... https://invidio.us/watch?v=2X93u3anTco https://invidio.us/watch?v=2X93u3anTco Rob Corddry in 2004 gave the similar "facts themselves are biased" and "facts in Iraq have an anti-Bush agenda" on Jon Stewert's Daily Show: Corddry: How does one report the facts in an unbiased way when the facts themselves are biased? Stewart: I'm sorry, Rob, did you say the facts are biased? Corddry: That's right Jon. From the names of our fallen soldiers to the gradual withdrawal of our allies to the growing insurgency, it's become all too clear that facts in Iraq have an anti-Bush agenda. http://www.slapnose.com/archives/2004/05/04/the_liberal_bias_of_facts/ http://www.slapnose.com/archives/2004/05/04/the_liberal_bias...
  - dredmorbius 7y ago
    Addenda: There's a ... related ... sentiment expressed by John Stuart Mill regarding conservatives, ~1865-68 https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1486818-conservatives-are-not-necessarily-stupid-but-most-stupid-people-are https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1486818-conservatives-are-n... I suspect the general notion goes back further. Einstein's "great spirits" quote also reflects a similar sentiment: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/470750-great-spirits-have-always-encountered-opposition-from-mediocre-minds-the https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/470750-great-spirits-have-a... I'd be shocked if Voltaire didn't have a few related bon mots.

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donohoe 7y ago

My paper? I live in NYC. One sided? There is a quote (forget who) "Facts Have a Well-Known Liberal Bias". I'll leave it at that.

kortilla 7y ago
A quote by a liberal (Krugman) writing an opinion piece for the nytimes is hardly an argument. He even had to follow it up to specify that they had a center-left bias.
jsjddbbwj 7y ago
Yes, you better leave it at that.
dredmorbius 7y ago
That formulation comes from a Paul Krugman opinion piece from 2017: "Facts Have a Well-Known Liberal Bias" https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/08/opinion/facts-have-a-well-known-liberal-bias.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/08/opinion/facts-have-a-well... Krugman used the similar "The Facts Have A Well-Known Center-Left Bias" in 2016: https://web.archive.org/web/20160509144531/https://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/05/09/the-facts-have-a-well-known-center-left-bias/ https://web.archive.org/web/20160509144531/https://krugman.b... Stephen Colbert's 2006 Press Correspondents' Dinner roast used the line "reality has a well-known liberal bias" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Colbert_at_the_2006_White_House_Correspondents%27_Dinner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Colbert_at_the_2006_Wh... https://invidio.us/watch?v=2X93u3anTco https://invidio.us/watch?v=2X93u3anTco Rob Corddry in 2004 gave the similar "facts themselves are biased" and "facts in Iraq have an anti-Bush agenda" on Jon Stewert's Daily Show: Corddry: How does one report the facts in an unbiased way when the facts themselves are biased? Stewart: I'm sorry, Rob, did you say the facts are biased? Corddry: That's right Jon. From the names of our fallen soldiers to the gradual withdrawal of our allies to the growing insurgency, it's become all too clear that facts in Iraq have an anti-Bush agenda. http://www.slapnose.com/archives/2004/05/04/the_liberal_bias_of_facts/ http://www.slapnose.com/archives/2004/05/04/the_liberal_bias...
- dredmorbius 7y ago
  Addenda: There's a ... related ... sentiment expressed by John Stuart Mill regarding conservatives, ~1865-68 https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1486818-conservatives-are-not-necessarily-stupid-but-most-stupid-people-are https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1486818-conservatives-are-n... I suspect the general notion goes back further. Einstein's "great spirits" quote also reflects a similar sentiment: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/470750-great-spirits-have-always-encountered-opposition-from-mediocre-minds-the https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/470750-great-spirits-have-a... I'd be shocked if Voltaire didn't have a few related bon mots.