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>> This article is from NPR, which is theoretically as left as mainstream american media gets Not true. Mother Jones and CNN are far more left. https://www.al
by adamredwoods 3y ago
>> This article is from NPR, which is theoretically as left as mainstream american media gets
Not true. Mother Jones and CNN are far more left.
https://www.allsides.com/media-bias/media-bias-chart https://www.allsides.com/media-bias/media-bias-chart
>> This is biased writing.
Almost all news reporting is biased, in terms of when they emphasize and what they leave out, who they quote, etc. Truth is an onion, many layers, and if you want pure truth, be prepared to dig very very deep. News writing like this would become a research paper, which most news readers are not prepared to consume.
From the article:
>> "The addition of overtime makes our already high labor costs completely uncompetitive to Mexico and Peru," says Schreiber, citing the top two asparagus exporters to the U.S. In both countries, cutters make less in a day than Schreiber pays in an hour.
Seems like there is a bit more layers to explore.
- kennywinker 3y agoWhen you’re talking about labour issues, but you mostly talk to owners, that’s different from leaving global markets out of the story. The workers perspective is incredible relevant, in fact i’d say it’s more relevant than the owner’s perspective, to the idea of “how do we get american grown asparagus, while paying workers fairly” which is theoretically what the article is about.
- adamredwoods 3y agoThe "Why" is important. Why can't the farmer pass prices on to consumers? The workers's whys are important to: Why isn't 48h per week enough? The legislative why: Why did a revision bill to allow 50h work week fail?
- kennywinker 3y agoYup. All true and interesting, but none of this whataboutism makes the article unbiased, while purporting to tell the story of both the workers and the employer.
- adamredwoods 3y agoMy point is due to the numerous layers, news reporting cannot cover every perspective and every layer, thus they pick and choose. The process of picking and choosing is bias. Per the API on bias in journalism: https://www.americanpressinstitute.org/journalism-essentials/bias-objectivity/understanding-bias/ https://www.americanpressinstitute.org/journalism-essentials... Thus, IMO, to get away from as much bias as possible, one must search deep into research papers to efficiently absorb as many details as possible.
- kennywinker 3y agoAnd my point is that if you’re only going to touch one perspective, don’t act like you’re touching two perspectives.