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I understand your point: any writer has a point of view and it may ooze out in his choice of words. But a reporter should resist the desire to editorialize and

I understand your point: any writer has a point of view and it may ooze out in his choice of words. But a reporter should resist the desire to editorialize and instead emphasize the 5W's: who, what, where, when, why (and how): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Ws https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Ws If reporters did so, much contention would disssipate and we'd get more information (news) and less opinion - IMO a good thing.

watwut 6y ago
We would still get bias. Pretending it does not exist is worst then actually visibly admitting it. In particular, who, what, why is extremely sensitive to unadopted bias.
- giardini 6y ago
  Don't put words in my mouth: I'm not pretending bias doesn't exist. And WTF is "unadopted bias"? Searches with Bing and DuckDuckGo come up absolutely empty and an analysis of the language is befuddling. Did you just make it up, b/c literally nobody and nothing on the Innertubes speaks of "unadopted bias" except you? From that I presume you not a native English speaker and I've possibly been trolled by a bot or an "idibot". That's a word I made up: it's a portmanteau of "idiot" and "robot" and means a robot with a low IQ. Two can play this game. [+10 for use of term "portmanteau"]
  - dang 6y ago
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- giardini 6y ago
  Please do not put words in my mouth: I'm not pretending that bias doesn't exist. What is "unadopted bias"? Searches with Bing and DuckDuckGo come up absolutely empty and I find the usage befuddling. I can find literally nobody and nothing on the Internet who/which speaks of "unadopted bias"? [Is that better, Ycombinator mods?]

watwut 6y ago

We would still get bias. Pretending it does not exist is worst then actually visibly admitting it. In particular, who, what, why is extremely sensitive to unadopted bias.

giardini 6y ago
Don't put words in my mouth: I'm not pretending bias doesn't exist. And WTF is "unadopted bias"? Searches with Bing and DuckDuckGo come up absolutely empty and an analysis of the language is befuddling. Did you just make it up, b/c literally nobody and nothing on the Innertubes speaks of "unadopted bias" except you? From that I presume you not a native English speaker and I've possibly been trolled by a bot or an "idibot". That's a word I made up: it's a portmanteau of "idiot" and "robot" and means a robot with a low IQ. Two can play this game. [+10 for use of term "portmanteau"]
- dang 6y ago
  This comment breaks the site guidelines egregiously. Please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
giardini 6y ago
Please do not put words in my mouth: I'm not pretending that bias doesn't exist. What is "unadopted bias"? Searches with Bing and DuckDuckGo come up absolutely empty and I find the usage befuddling. I can find literally nobody and nothing on the Internet who/which speaks of "unadopted bias"? [Is that better, Ycombinator mods?]