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Whatever factors you use to determine "newsworthiness" will be perceived as biases.

• aidenn0 6y ago
  That's kind of what I was getting at with my original comment. A reasonably neutral source could quickly become untrusted by all those who are politically engaged.
  • jaccarmac 6y ago
    That's because your method for constructing a "reasonably neutral source" results in something which is only reasonably neutral from your point of view. This is why pretensions to neutrality are worthless.
    • aidenn0 6y ago
      It's also reasonably neutral from bachmeier's point of view (he implied that reporting all of the news would be neutral). If you don't think reality is neutral, then I don't think we can have a productive conversation. If you do think reality is neutral, then the neutrality of a source can be measured in the degree to which it distorts the view of reality it presents. It is political in the degree to which it intentionally distorts reality towards or away from some policy goal.
      • jaccarmac 6y ago
        1. Reality is neutral. 2. After it is filtered, the result is not. bachmeier agreed with 1, but not 2. The second point is my argument. I agree with 1.
        • aidenn0 6y ago
          So no subset of reality can ever be neutral?